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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31325 · Cleveland, OH · April 20, 1988

Date
April 20, 1988 · 09:11 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cuyahoga County
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N467SS
Reported as
Piper PA31325
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540F2BD
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
710 total400 in this make and model35 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.

Pilot declared emergency due to low fuel. Engine quit on final. Landed safely. Found right fuel strainer leaking.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL. ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND RIGHT FUEL STRAINER LEAKING.