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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Hickory, NC · April 14, 1994

Date
April 14, 1994 · 11:00 local
Place
Hickory, NC
Airport
Hickory Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6579Y
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total40 in this make and model250 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.

Oil on right engine cowling on go around. NR5 fuel inject or nozzle had come loose. Fire in engine.

As the FAA filed it

OIL ON RIGHT ENGINE COWLING ON GO AROUND. NR5 FUEL INJECT OR NOZZLE HAD COME LOOSE. FIRE IN ENGINE.