19890119023499I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-60-700P · Du Bois, PA · January 19, 1989

Date
January 19, 1989 · 18:10 local
Place
Du Bois, PA
Airport
Du Bois-Jefferson County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N700HS
Reported as
Piper PA60700P
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total85 in this make and model35 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.

Left engine failed. Forced landing. Diaphragm in fuel pump failed. Leak caused small fire which shorted wires.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FAILED. FORCED LANDING. DIAPHRAGM IN FUEL PUMP FAILED. LEAK CAUSED SMALL FIRE WHICH SHORTED WIRES.

Other reports on N700HS · 1

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