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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Houston, TX · July 23, 1991

Date
July 23, 1991 · 12:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VJQA
Aircraft
N277BB
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total800 in this make and model50 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.

Aircraft developed oil leak en route. Diverted for landing. Seal of rocker box cover was leaking.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED OIL LEAK EN ROUTE. DIVERTED FOR LANDING. SEAL OF ROCKER BOX COVER WAS LEAKING.