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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA60600 · Meridian, MS · June 2, 1988

Date
June 2, 1988 · 12:15 local
Place
Meridian, MS
Airport
Key Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N78TS
Reported as
Piper PA60600
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,752 total350 in this make and model26 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.

Lost one engine and other surging on downwind. Force landed on a highway. No defects found. Indicates fuel errors.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ONE ENGINE AND OTHER SURGING ON DOWNWIND. FORCE LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. NO DEFECTS FOUND. INDICATES FUEL ERRORS.