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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA32300 · Parker, AZ · August 4, 1998

Date: August 4, 1998 · 08:55 local
Place: Parker, AZ
Airport: Avi Suquilla Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5248S
Reported as: Piper PA32300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed prescott airport and experienced loss of engine power inflight. The pilot called for help from prescott fss and was given vectors to Parker Arizona. The pilot made a normal landing. No aircraft damage or injuries were reported. An examination of the engine revealed that the #2 engine cylinder had lost an exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED PRESCOTT AIRPORT AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER INFLIGHT. THE PILOT CALLED FOR HELP FROM PRESCOTT FSS AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO PARKER ARIZONA. THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE #2 ENGINE CYLINDER HAD LOST AN EXHAUST VALVE.