# Incident 19810310027609I: Piper PA31350, Farmington, NM, March 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35533, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35533-2000-04-05) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 350 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/19810310027609I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED LIGHTENING STRIKE DURING CLIMB. DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND SEVERAL COMPONENTS.

## Other reports on N35533 (5)

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

- [Accident 19981028030739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981028030739A), Oct 28, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N35533), Hayden, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On October 28, 1998, approximately 0905 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-31-350, N35533, was destroyed following impact with terrain during approach…
- [Incident 19920520023049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920520023049I), May 20, 1992: Piper PA31350 (N35533), Kremmling, CO. NR1 engine power lost. Shut engine down. Continued to denver. Found NR1 turbocharger drive shaft sheared.
- [Accident 19851012054669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851012054669A), Oct 12, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N35533), Panaca, NV, Substantial damage. Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. No mechanical malfunctions found.
- [Incident 19811022082349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811022082349I), Oct 22, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N35533), Albuquerque, NM. Approching behind a heavy jet, lost control, entered a spin, recovered and landed safe. Blamed vortex turbulance.
- [Incident 19810511052959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810511052959I), May 11, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N35533), Phoenix, AZ. Oil leak, oil temp increase in right engine. Returned to land. Found hole in side of a piston, from lean mixture.

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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