20030507009239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Aurora, OR · May 7, 2003

Date
May 7, 2003 · 11:00 local
Place
Aurora, OR
Airport
Aurora State Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3388P
Reported as
Piper PA23160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
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.

(-23) Aircraft departed runway 35 and experienced a power failure on the right engine shortly after takeoff. The pilot elected to execute a 180 degree turn and land on runway 17. In an effort to maintain airspeed the aircraft was cleaned up and right prop feathered. The pilot then landed safely with the landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AND EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LAND ON RUNWAY 17. IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEANED UP AND RIGHT PROP FEATHERED. THE PILOT THEN LANDED SAFELY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.