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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Selma, CA · February 3, 1988

Date
February 3, 1988 · 15:00 local
Place
Selma, CA
Airport
Selma
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71AC
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,800 total360 in this make and model7 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.

Throttle linkage to engine failed on final approach. Unable to add power. Landed short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

THROTTLE LINKAGE TO ENGINE FAILED ON FINAL APPROACH. UNABLE TO ADD POWER. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY.