# Incident 19880915058409I: Piper PA23250, Boston, MA, September 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1988, 02:35 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BPBA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63887, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63887-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915058409I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE ON CLIMB OUT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. SECURED AND RETURNED. DIRT IN BOWL AND INJECTOR SCREEN.

## Other reports on N63887 (5)

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

- [Accident 20041108031409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108031409A), Nov 8, 2004: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Detroit, MI, Destroyed. (-23) On November 8, 2004 at 1404 hour a twin engine Piper PA-23-250, registration number N63887 took off from Detroit City Airport on rwy 25 to the north. The…
- [Incident 20020120014449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020120014449I), Jan 20, 2002: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 20, 2002, at 1739 hours eastern standard time, at the Orlando Executive Airport, a Piper aztec, N63887, performed a gear-up landing. The aztec…
- [Incident 20010728017569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728017569I), Jul 28, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing roll-out, right main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the right main landing gear center draglink bolt had broken and fallen…
- [Incident 20010310007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310007709I), Mar 10, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)On 10 March 2001 approximately 1930 hrs, Mr. Enrico a. crawford, holder of pilot certificate number 149623491 was giving instrument dual flight…
- [Incident 20000907029639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907029639I), Sep 7, 2000: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)During cruise flight at 3500' 10NM northwest Orlando executive airport, exhaust manifold of right engine #2 cylinder failed, causing exhaust flames to…

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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