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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Smyrna, DE · June 5, 1987

Date: June 5, 1987 · 15:00 local
Place: Smyrna, DE
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: NBIG
Aircraft: N8778L
Reported as: Piper PA25235
Reported engine: Lycoming O540B2B5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,504 total2,000 in this make and model176 in the last 90 days

N8778LRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235S/N 25-5467 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.

The number three cylinder departed the engine. Aircraft landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER DEPARTED THE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.