33.5779° N, 101.8552° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 4, 1986 · 16:46 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Lubbock International
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57581
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Continental 6285*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total0 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Test flight resulted in forced landing after power loss. Found collapsed carburetor nose. Possible carburetor ice.
As the FAA filed it
TEST FLIGHT RESULTED IN FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. FOUND COLLAPSED CARBURETOR NOSE. POSSIBLE CARBURETOR ICE.