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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Winslow, AZ · May 30, 1988

Date: May 30, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place: Winslow, AZ
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5031P
Reported as: Piper PA24
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total800 in this make and model

N5031PRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Piper PA-24S/N 24-34 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-24 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Rough engine. Landed in a field. Found water in fuel. Aircraft not flown for several months. Draining insufficient.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE. LANDED IN A FIELD. FOUND WATER IN FUEL. AIRCRAFT NOT FLOWN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DRAINING INSUFFICIENT.