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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA38112 · Ponte Vedra, FL · March 12, 1997

Date: March 12, 1997 · 10:48 local
Place: Ponte Vedra, FL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N2585B
Reported as: Piper PA38112
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,089 total400 in this make and model25 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.

Narrative: pilot made an emergency landing on an empty golf course parking lot without further incident after losing engine power at 2300 feet cruise. On 3/13/97, conducted a post-incident engine run test at the aircraft's based repair station, northeast aviation, craig airport, jacksonville, FL. The engine run test revealed that at approximately 1500 rpms engine lost power, suggesting an anomaly with the carburetor. A later analysis of the carburetor by northeast aviation revealed fuel residue in the carburetor's bowl. The carburetor was replaced, engine tested normal and aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN EMPTY GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AFTER LOSING ENGINE POWER AT 2300 FEET CRUISE. ON 3/13/97, CONDUCTED A POST-INCIDENT ENGINE RUN TEST AT THE AIRCRAFT'S BASED REPAIR STATION, NORTHEAST AVIATION, CRAIG AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FL. THE ENGINE RUN TEST REVEALED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPMS ENGINE LOST POWER, SUGGESTING AN ANOMALY WITH THE CARBURETOR. A LATER ANALYSIS OF THE CARBURETOR BY NORTHEAST AVIATION REVEALED FUEL RESIDUE IN THE CARBURETOR'S BOWL. THE CARBURETOR WAS REPLACED, ENGINE TESTED NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.