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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Buffalo, NY · September 17, 1993

Date
September 17, 1993 · 13:10 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N45SR
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
2
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.

Left engine low oil pressure. Diverted to Buffalo. Found vacuum pump loose and leaking oil.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE. DIVERTED TO BUFFALO. FOUND VACUUM PUMP LOOSE AND LEAKING OIL.