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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Middlesboro, KY · June 7, 1988

Date
June 7, 1988 · 14:00 local
Place
Middlesboro, KY
Airport
Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KVPA
Aircraft
N54238
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total1,500 in this make and model150 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 knowingly flew twice with passengers when aircraft had malfunctioning trim system.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT KNOWINGLY FLEW TWICE WITH PASSENGERS WHEN AIRCRAFT HAD MALFUNCTIONING TRIM SYSTEM.