FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Abilene, TX · October 29, 1987
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Left engine lost power. Loose exhaust stack nuts. Fire burned thru pushrods igniting oil. Stack to cyl nut STD2218.
LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. LOOSE EXHAUST STACK NUTS. FIRE BURNED THRU PUSHRODS IGNITING OIL. STACK TO CYL NUT STD2218.