43.6456° N, 70.3086° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 23, 1995 · 13:17 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
Portland International Jetport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8896Y
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total200 in this make and model60 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.
Rough engine 50 miles out over atlantic fish spotting. Jockying throttle landed at pwm. Found leaking carburetor.
As the FAA filed it
ROUGH ENGINE 50 MILES OUT OVER ATLANTIC FISH SPOTTING. JOCKYING THROTTLE LANDED AT PWM. FOUND LEAKING CARBURETOR.