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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Savannah, GA · October 3, 1991

Date: October 3, 1991 · 08:17 local
Place: Savannah, GA
Airport: Savannah International
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N222EW
Reported as: Piper PA23160
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N222EWRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1539 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine failed after departure. Returned and landed safely. Crankshaft had broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED AFTER DEPARTURE. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN.