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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Star CAVALIER · Harris, MN · July 20, 1986

Date: July 20, 1986 · 20:00 local
Place: Harris, MN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3143D
Reported as: Star Cavalier
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 250 total30 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N3143DRegistered now · Melby David G CAVALIERS/N SA1025-75013LF Airframe modelMelby David G CAVALIER Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Emergency landing after rough running engine. Suspect water in fuel.

As the FAA filed it

EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. SUSPECT WATER IN FUEL.