# Incident 19870322028059I: Piper PA28R200, Cape Charles, VA, March 22, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cape Charles, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2508° N, 76.0097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cape Charles, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2508&lon=-76.0097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7674C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7674C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 110 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870322028059I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE RAN ROUGH, ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED, LANDED ON A BEACH.  FOUND A FAULTY FUEL CONTROLLER.

## Other reports on N7674C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840928060359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840928060359I), Sep 28, 1984: Piper PA28R200 (N7674C), Willimantic, CT, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot reported he forgot to put the gear down and had the automatic gear override switch on.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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