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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Renton, WA · May 11, 1996

Date: May 11, 1996 · 11:45 local
Place: Renton, WA
Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N2182P
Reported as: Piper PA23
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N2182PRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2011 · Piper PA-23S/N 23-791 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: N2182P, IFR, moses lake to bremerton was 40 e. of seattle over the cascades when he reported loss of the #1 engine. Controllers assisted and vectored aircraft through high terrain. Aircraft landed at Renton without incident. Pegasus air (bremerton) mechanic, tim boughner, flew to Renton to replace #1 carburetor. Fuel leaked from carburetor when boost pump was turned on. Needle valve was not seating properly. Engine run-up and ops check were good. Pilot flew aircraft back to pegasus air. Mechanic will submit m or d (8010-4) for defective carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N2182P, IFR, MOSES LAKE TO BREMERTON WAS 40 E. OF SEATTLE OVER THE CASCADES WHEN HE REPORTED LOSS OF THE #1 ENGINE. CONTROLLERS ASSISTED AND VECTORED AIRCRAFT THROUGH HIGH TERRAIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT RENTON WITHOUT INCIDENT. PEGASUS AIR (BREMERTON) MECHANIC, TIM BOUGHNER, FLEW TO RENTON TO REPLACE #1 CARBURETOR. FUEL LEAKED FROM CARBURETOR WHEN BOOST PUMP WAS TURNED ON. NEEDLE VALVE WAS NOT SEATING PROPERLY. ENGINE RUN-UP AND OPS CHECK WERE GOOD. PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO PEGASUS AIR. MECHANIC WILL SUBMIT M OR D (8010-4) FOR DEFECTIVE CARBURETOR.