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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Carthage, TX · June 20, 1997

Date
June 20, 1997 · 23:00 local
Place
Carthage, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5750P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total35 in this make and model63 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.

Lost power en route after switching tanks. Landed on highway. Pushed to nearby airport. Water in fuel. Sat out.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER EN ROUTE AFTER SWITCHING TANKS. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. PUSHED TO NEARBY AIRPORT. WATER IN FUEL. SAT OUT.