# Incident 20091005050519I: Piper AEROSTAR 60, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2009, 18:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8236J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR 60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091005050519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC TAKES OFF FROM MIAMI AND ENROUTE TO GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND ABOUT  20-30 NM SOUTH OF MARATHON OBSERVE THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT FEEL RIGHT .TO BE CAUTIOUS HE REQUESTED CLEARANCE FROM ATC AND LANDED AT FXE. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT ONE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS WAS CLOGGED.  THE INJECTORS WERE ALL CLEANED AND A OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE SATISFACTORY. A MAINTENANCE ENTRY WAS ENTERED IN THE ENGINE LOG FOR THE WORK PERFORMED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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