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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Fullerton, CA · September 6, 1988

Date
September 6, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Fullerton, CA
Airport
Fullerton Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8669P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
420 total7 in this make and model120 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 losing power. Stopped from fuel starvation. Landed short of runway. Hit threshold light. Air lock in system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOSING POWER. STOPPED FROM FUEL STARVATION. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. HIT THRESHOLD LIGHT. AIR LOCK IN SYSTEM.