40.1224° N, 76.2944° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 13, 1988 · 06:55 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AGWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3642S
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total150 in this make and model150 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.
Both engines failed on climbout. Emergency landing in a field. Both engines had piston ring failures.
As the FAA filed it
BOTH ENGINES FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. BOTH ENGINES HAD PISTON RING FAILURES.