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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28151 · West Branch, MI · August 2, 1990

Date
August 2, 1990 · 17:50 local
Place
West Branch, MI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N40851
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total400 in this make and model70 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 lost power. Landed in field. Broken oil hose caused oil starvation.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED IN FIELD. BROKEN OIL HOSE CAUSED OIL STARVATION.