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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Worcester, MA · May 30, 1988

Date: May 30, 1988 · 13:24 local
Place: Worcester, MA
Airport: Worcester Municipal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6939J
Reported as: Piper PA28151
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N6939JRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Piper PA-28-151S/N 28-7615403 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Lost and unable to communicate with tower. Landed without a clearance. Found he had a defective microphone.

As the FAA filed it

LOST AND UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH TOWER. LANDED WITHOUT A CLEARANCE. FOUND HE HAD A DEFECTIVE MICROPHONE.