# Incident 19810123010739I: Piper PA31, Anchorage, AK, January 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1981, 12:24 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N504DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N504DB-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 800 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/19810123010739I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH ON CLIMBOUT. PROPELLER FEATHERED. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. ENGINE PROBLEM UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N504DB (2)

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

- [Accident 19910802060309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910802060309A), Aug 2, 1991: Piper PA31310 (N504DB), Byron, CA, Substantial damage. Both engines quit en route. Vectored to airport. Landed short. Hit fence and ditch. No fuel onboard aircraft.
- [Incident 19790219007089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790219007089I), Feb 19, 1979: Piper PA31 (N504DB), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. As aircraft turned off runway nose wheel separated from assembly.

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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