19881124066169I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Benton, IL · November 24, 1988

Date
November 24, 1988 · 14:42 local
Place
Benton, IL
Airport
Benton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4669R
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total200 in this make and model5 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 failed on climb. Emergency landing on highway. Found fuel tank finger screens were clogged.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMB. EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. FOUND FUEL TANK FINGER SCREENS WERE CLOGGED.