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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Johnstown, PA · October 1, 1990

Date
October 1, 1990 · 20:45 local
Place
Johnstown, PA
Airport
Johnstown-Cambria County
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N41174
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total120 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.

NR2 engine surging and fuel flow went to zero. Shut down and landed. Dual magento was defective.

As the FAA filed it

NR2 ENGINE SURGING AND FUEL FLOW WENT TO ZERO. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED. DUAL MAGENTO WAS DEFECTIVE.