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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Clay, TX · July 31, 1987

Date: July 31, 1987 · 16:45 local
Place: Clay, TX
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N40747
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 435 total1 in this make and model109 in the last 90 days

N40747Registered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7440058 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Engine failed shortly after takeoff. Landed on a service road. Engine malfunction not reported.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED ON A SERVICE ROAD. ENGINE MALFUNCTION NOT REPORTED.