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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Albany, NY · March 18, 1981

Date
March 18, 1981 · 11:45 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Albany Co
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MLSA
Aircraft
N66891
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Za left engine manifold pressure dropped after takeoff, aircraft returned. Turbocharger oil seal had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ZA LEFT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT RETURNED. TURBOCHARGER OIL SEAL HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N66891 · 2

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