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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-325 · Stockton, CA · May 4, 1989

Date
May 4, 1989 · 18:30 local
Place
Stockton, CA
Airport
Stockton Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N27449
Reported as
Piper PA31325
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540F2BD
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total200 in this make and model300 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 power in right engine due to fuel starvation. Landed safely. Fuel selector valve control cable had failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF POWER IN RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. LANDED SAFELY. FUEL SELECTOR VALVE CONTROL CABLE HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N27449 · 2

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