# Incident 19801211087429I: Piper PA31300, Seattle, WA, December 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1980, 06:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAFA
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15JK-1995-01-09) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 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/19801211087429I

## Narrative

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

MANIFOLD PRESSURE UNSTABLE. LUBED WASTE GATE AND CONDITION WAS REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N15JK (1)

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

- [Incident 19910822049169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910822049169I), Aug 22, 1991: Piper PA31 (N15JK), Fort Myers, FL, Damage unknown. Accidental opening of back cargo door in flight. Pilot unaware door was open and the cargo had fallen.

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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