29.3014° N, 94.7978° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 7, 1991 · 10:10 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Scholes Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N33HE
Reported as
Piper PA60601
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,800 total20 in this make and model120 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.
Left engine not developing full power on climbout. Returned. Spark plugs cleaned.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. SPARK PLUGS CLEANED.