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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Anchorage, AK · May 26, 1988

Date
May 26, 1988 · 17:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4089M
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total700 in this make and model300 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.

Loss of engine power during steep turn due to porting of fuel. Engine normal when wings level.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING STEEP TURN DUE TO PORTING OF FUEL. ENGINE NORMAL WHEN WINGS LEVEL.