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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T · Buffalo, NY · February 8, 1993

Date
February 8, 1993 · 16:02 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N57MR
Reported as
Piper PA31T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 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.

Propeller became inoperative en route. Shut right engine down. Landed safely. Micro switch to beta valve had failed

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLER BECAME INOPERATIVE EN ROUTE. SHUT RIGHT ENGINE DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. MICRO SWITCH TO BETA VALVE HAD FAILED