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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-160 · Greenville, MS · July 30, 1993

Date
July 30, 1993 · 18:45 local
Place
Greenville, MS
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9685D
Reported as
Piper PA22160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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 power in flight. Forced landing on sandbar in Mississippi river. Fuel sediment bowl had come off.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING ON SANDBAR IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FUEL SEDIMENT BOWL HAD COME OFF.