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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Pittsburgh, PA · May 24, 1990

Date
May 24, 1990 · 16:15 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3071D
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total1,250 in this make and model150 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.

Engine quit after landing. Fire occurred on restart attempt. Float assembly in carburetor stuck dumping fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER LANDING. FIRE OCCURRED ON RESTART ATTEMPT. FLOAT ASSEMBLY IN CARBURETOR STUCK DUMPING FUEL.

Other reports on N3071D · 3

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