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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Sawyer, MI · May 15, 1980

Date: May 15, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place: Sawyer, MI
Airport: Marquette Co
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SIMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3548W
Reported as: Piper PA31350
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540J2BD
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,150 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3548WRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8052031 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Engine failed due to crankshaft failure. Engine shut down and aircraft landed without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FAILURE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.