36.0726° N, 79.7920° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 16, 1992 · 19:44 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8645Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total50 in this make and model20 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 running rough. Emergency landing. NR2 cylinder fuel injector line had broken at the nozzle.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. EMERGENCY LANDING. NR2 CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR LINE HAD BROKEN AT THE NOZZLE.