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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA42 · Columbus, OH · July 18, 1988

Date
July 18, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Port Columbus International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N328AJ
Reported as
Piper PA42
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total75 in this make and model155 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.

Fire light on right engine shut down and landed safely. Fire detection loop defective.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE LIGHT ON RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY. FIRE DETECTION LOOP DEFECTIVE.