19931227050729I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Buffalo, NY · December 27, 1993

Date
December 27, 1993 · 14:00 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4499P
Reported as
Piper PA23160
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total140 in this make and model30 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 running rough. Diverted to Buffalo. Found fouled spark plugs. Lubricated control cable.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. DIVERTED TO BUFFALO. FOUND FOULED SPARK PLUGS. LUBRICATED CONTROL CABLE.