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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Gainesville, FL · April 25, 1992

Date
April 25, 1992 · 11:50 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1873T
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total50 in this make and model12 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.

Loss of engine power while calling for landing instructions. Landed in an open field. Found faulty exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE CALLING FOR LANDING INSTRUCTIONS. LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. FOUND FAULTY EXHAUST VALVE.