# Incident 19880810041509I: Piper PA28180, Fairbanks, AK, August 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1988, 16:56 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7965N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7965N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 100 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880810041509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROUGH ENGINE AND FUEL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. RETURNED TO FAIRBANKS. FOUND LOOSE MAIN FUEL LINE TO CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N7965N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790815031329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815031329I), Aug 15, 1979: Piper PA28180 (N7965N), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Nose tire sank into soft sand during landing. Nose gear broke off.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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