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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Phoenix, AZ · May 11, 1981

Date
May 11, 1981 · 18:30 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N35533
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total550 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.

Oil leak, oil temp increase in right engine. Returned to land. Found hole in side of a piston, from lean mixture.

As the FAA filed it

OIL LEAK, OIL TEMP INCREASE IN RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED TO LAND. FOUND HOLE IN SIDE OF A PISTON, FROM LEAN MIXTURE.

Other reports on N35533 · 5

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