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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Grand Canyon, AZ · December 24, 1988

Date
December 24, 1988 · 15:00 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LVAA
Aircraft
N777LV
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total242 in this make and model180 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.

Unscheduled landing due to loss of oil pressure of right engine caused by mechanical failure of cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE OF RIGHT ENGINE CAUSED BY MECHANICAL FAILURE OF CYLINDER.