19871101080129I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Casper, WY · November 1, 1987

Date
November 1, 1987 · 11:20 local
Place
Casper, WY
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N16497
Reported as
Piper PA28235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total800 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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 quit. Forced landing at a Private strip. Found faulty magneto.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT. FORCED LANDING AT A PRIVATE STRIP. FOUND FAULTY MAGNETO.