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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Anchorage, AK · April 8, 1989

Date
April 8, 1989 · 17:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5357X
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total200 in this make and model25 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 quit after switching tanks. Forced landing. Material from a seal had deteriorated and clogged fuel screen.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER SWITCHING TANKS. FORCED LANDING. MATERIAL FROM A SEAL HAD DETERIORATED AND CLOGGED FUEL SCREEN.