18.4690° N, 66.2711° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorado, PR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 26, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
FHSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7957N
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
140 total15 in this make and model38 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 went to zero. Emergency landing on beach. Gas leaking from selector valve and gascolator bowl.
As the FAA filed it
FUEL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. EMERGENCY LANDING ON BEACH. GAS LEAKING FROM SELECTOR VALVE AND GASCOLATOR BOWL.