19880102003579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Indianapolis, IN · January 2, 1988

Date: January 2, 1988 · 17:00 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3703W
Reported as: Piper PA32260
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 220 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N3703WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-616 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 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.

Returned to airport with rough engine. Used check list. Found primer unlocked. Secured primer. Engine normal.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITH ROUGH ENGINE. USED CHECK LIST. FOUND PRIMER UNLOCKED. SECURED PRIMER. ENGINE NORMAL.