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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Aurora, CO · August 12, 1993

Date
August 12, 1993 · 10:30 local
Place
Aurora, CO
Airport
Aurora Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3021P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
849 total150 in this make and model50 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.

Left engine malfunction in flight. Engine shut down. Returned to base. Had a propeller blade failure.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. RETURNED TO BASE. HAD A PROPELLER BLADE FAILURE.