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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Omaha, NE · February 3, 2007

Date: February 3, 2007 · 08:18 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6074E
Reported as: Piper PA60601P
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 2
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) N6074E, PA-60-601P, departed Omaha, NE, enroute to centennial airport, Colorado. After departure the pilot returned to Omaha, with the left engine shut down. The aircraft landed without incident. The pilot stated to maintenance personnel that the oil temperature increased and the oil pressure decreased. The pilot shut down the engine. Maintenance personnel replaced the thermostatic valve.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N6074E, PA-60-601P, DEPARTED OMAHA, NE, ENROUTE TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, COLORADO. AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT RETURNED TO OMAHA, WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE INCREASED AND THE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE THERMOSTATIC VALVE.