19881219070709I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Kaunakakai, HI · December 19, 1988

Date
December 19, 1988 · 16:28 local
Place
Kaunakakai, HI
Airport
Molokai Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5797U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total3 in this make and model3 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.

Loss of engine RPM. Made power off landing. Found water in fuel tank and system. Had been sumped prior to flight.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF ENGINE RPM. MADE POWER OFF LANDING. FOUND WATER IN FUEL TANK AND SYSTEM. HAD BEEN SUMPED PRIOR TO FLIGHT.