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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Barlow Cove, AK · August 16, 1991

Date
August 16, 1991 · 17:45 local
Place
Barlow Cove, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N78496
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total600 in this make and model35 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.

Noise and vibration followed by oil on windshield. Shut right engine down. Forced landing on beach.

As the FAA filed it

NOISE AND VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY OIL ON WINDSHIELD. SHUT RIGHT ENGINE DOWN. FORCED LANDING ON BEACH.