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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Cordova, AK · July 20, 1989

Date
July 20, 1989 · 18:30 local
Place
Cordova, AK
Airport
Cordova Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Aircraft
N27801
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,000 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.

Rough engine. Diverted to Cordova. Removed water from fuel injector and cleaned plugs.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE. DIVERTED TO CORDOVA. REMOVED WATER FROM FUEL INJECTOR AND CLEANED PLUGS.