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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Indianapolis, IN · May 19, 1993

Date
May 19, 1993 · 14:50 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4220M
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,080 total200 in this make and model150 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 power loss in flight. Emergency landing at Indianapolis. Found fuel was contaminated. System was purged.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY LANDING AT INDIANAPOLIS. FOUND FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED.SYSTEM WAS PURGED.

Other reports on N4220M · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.