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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-20 · Vero Beach, FL · December 24, 2005

Date
December 24, 2005 · 15:00 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7007K
Reported as
Piper PA20
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total40 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot at cruise suffered engine failure and landed on highway A1A at sebastin inlet, Florida. Upon landing and after inspection found that the number three piston had failed. No injuries to pilot or passengers.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT AT CRUISE SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDED ON HIGHWAY A1A AT SEBASTIN INLET, FLORIDA. UPON LANDING AND AFTER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE NUMBER THREE PISTON HAD FAILED. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.

Other reports on N7007K · 1

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