# Incident 19800331045989I: Piper PA31300, Indianapolis, IN, March 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1980, 22:40 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62856-2012-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800331045989I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE SURGED AND FLUCTUATED 300 RPM AFTER TAKEOFF. SUSPECT FUEL CONTIMINATED BY WATER.

## Other reports on N62856 (1)

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

- [Accident 19781023033619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781023033619A), Oct 23, 1978: Piper PA31T1 (N62856), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Struck saw horses with flashers operating.ATC cleared acft to clobarricaded taxiway.

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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