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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T1 · Omaha, NE · April 16, 1990

Date
April 16, 1990 · 11:30 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N681SW
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total145 in this make and model145 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.

Unable to control power setting on left engine. Secured engine and landed. Fuel control coupling bearing failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CONTROL POWER SETTING ON LEFT ENGINE. SECURED ENGINE AND LANDED. FUEL CONTROL COUPLING BEARING FAILED.