19871123078339I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Fairbanks, AK · November 23, 1987

Date
November 23, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FARC
Aircraft
N5070L
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total3,000 in this make and model60 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.

Lost oil pressure. Forced landing on a snow covered asphalt road. Engine removed. No cause found for failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE. FORCED LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED ASPHALT ROAD. ENGINE REMOVED. NO CAUSE FOUND FOR FAILURE.