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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · San Jose, CA · March 16, 1998

Date
March 16, 1998 · 11:18 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55DT
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,965 total87 in this make and model10 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.

Student did not use boost pump resulting in engine failure. Instructor took control, landing with rt engine only.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT DID NOT USE BOOST PUMP RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL, LANDING WITH RT ENGINE ONLY.

Other reports on N55DT · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.