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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Needles, CA · October 16, 1998

Date
October 16, 1998 · 17:03 local
Place
Needles, CA
Airport
Needles Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N679X
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-5)Pilot roger welling experienced a sudden 5 PSI engine manifold pressure drop while at cruise speed/altitude. Ground inspection revealed a cracked cylinder and no additional damage to the aircraft as a result of the emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT ROGER WELLING EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN 5 PSI ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROP WHILE AT CRUISE SPEED/ALTITUDE. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACKED CYLINDER AND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING.

Other reports on N679X · 4

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