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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Larose, LA · March 17, 1993

Date
March 17, 1993 · 13:10 local
Place
Larose, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3072U
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total10,000 in this make and model200 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.

Engine lost oil pressure and power in flight. Forced landing on Mississippi river levee.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND POWER IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE.