# Incident 19910117010389I: Piper PA24250, Islip, NY, January 17, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1991, 15:17 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7879P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7879P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910117010389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOW ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. REPLACED ENGINE FUEL PUMP.

## Other reports on N7879P (1)

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

- [Incident 20230419004939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230419004939I), Apr 19, 2023: Piper PA-24-250 (N7879P), Wesley Chapel, FL, No damage. Aircraft departed kclw enroute to kzph and climbed to 1000FT. At level cruise flight, aircraft experienced a sudden loss of power. Pilot could not restart…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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