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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-39 · Norman, OK · July 29, 2003

Date
July 29, 2003 · 13:08 local
Place
Norman, OK
Airport
University Of Oklahoma
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N567TC
Reported as
Piper PA39
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
425 total60 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) On approach to Norman, OK. Cleared from 8K to 6K and leveled off. Left engine began to run rough. Retarded power and engine smoothed out. Advanced power and same problem. Shutdown engine. Restarted engine and had some indications. Shutdown engine, declared an emergency and landed at max westheimer field in Norman, OK.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO NORMAN, OK. CLEARED FROM 8K TO 6K AND LEVELED OFF. LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. RETARDED POWER AND ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. ADVANCED POWER AND SAME PROBLEM. SHUTDOWN ENGINE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND HAD SOME INDICATIONS. SHUTDOWN ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT MAX WESTHEIMER FIELD IN NORMAN, OK.