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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Miami, FL · July 20, 2016

Date: July 20, 2016 · 13:00 local
Place: Miami, FL
Airport: Miami Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 9PTS
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N280FT
Reported as: Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

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What happened

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

On July 20th of 2016 at 1300 hours at tamiami airport the aircrew of N280FT experienced a rough running engine during their decent from 4,000 feet approximately 20 nautical miles out from the runway. The engine performance became progressively worse during approach which prompted the aircrew to contact ATC to initiate an emergency landing. The aircraft landed without sustaining any structural damage and no aircrew members were injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 20TH OF 2016 AT 1300 HOURS AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT THE AIRCREW OF N280FT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DURING THEIR DECENT FROM 4,000 FEET APPROXIMATELY 20 NAUTICAL MILES OUT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DURING APPROACH WHICH PROMPTED THE AIRCREW TO CONTACT ATC TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT SUSTAINING ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND NO AIRCREW MEMBERS WERE INJURED.