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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-135 · Yates City, IL · May 19, 1993

Date
May 19, 1993 · 15:00 local
Place
Yates City, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2650A
Reported as
Piper PA22135
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,760 total5 in this make and model90 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 losing power in flight. Smoke in cockpit. Precautionary landing in field. Found NR2 connecting rod broke.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOSING POWER IN FLIGHT. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD. FOUND NR2 CONNECTING ROD BROKE.