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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper STCPA12 · Talkeetna, AK · July 29, 1988

Date
July 29, 1988 · 13:50 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Airport
Talkeetna Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4126M
Reported as
Piper STCPA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total23 in this make and model23 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 quit due to fuel exhaustion on final. High fuel consumption due to fuel control and magneto adjustment.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION ON FINAL.HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION DUE TO FUEL CONTROL AND MAGNETO ADJUSTMENT.