19881115063069I

Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Lititz, PA · November 15, 1988

Date
November 15, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place
Lititz, PA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N45406
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
625 total250 in this make and model30 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 failure. Emergency landing in a field. Found insect was blocking carburetor metering jet.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE. EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. FOUND INSECT WAS BLOCKING CARBURETOR METERING JET.