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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper STCPA12 · Peru, NY · June 27, 1988

Date
June 27, 1988 · 20:30 local
Place
Peru, NY
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2620M
Reported as
Piper STCPA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total250 in this make and model25 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.

Engine lost power on takeoff. Forced landing in a field. Suspect water in the gascolator.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. SUSPECT WATER IN THE GASCOLATOR.