19891030059039I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA32300 · Westfield, MA · October 30, 1989

Date
October 30, 1989 · 11:56 local
Place
Westfield, MA
Airport
Barnes Municipal
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9674T
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total400 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.

Fuel pressure gauge high. Switched tanks. No change. Landed safely. Found defective gauge.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE HIGH. SWITCHED TANKS. NO CHANGE. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND DEFECTIVE GAUGE.