# Incident 19801118080239I: Piper PA31350, San Antonio, TX, November 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27908, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27908-1992-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 410 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/19801118080239I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZK PILOT NOTED LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND FLAMES THROUGH COWL LOUVERS SHUT DOWN ENGINE.

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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