19990206016719I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Lancaster, PA · February 6, 1999

Date
February 6, 1999 · 15:32 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55058
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total

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 experienced engine roughness during practice instrument approach. Pilot elected to make precautionary landing and experienced no further porblems. Maintenance evaluation revealed an intermittenly sticking valve. Engine is currently undergoing complete overhaul.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS DURING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER PORBLEMS. MAINTENANCE EVALUATION REVEALED AN INTERMITTENLY STICKING VALVE. ENGINE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING COMPLETE OVERHAUL.

Other reports on N55058 · 1

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