# Incident 19810710053229I: Piper PA31350, Huntington, WV, July 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1981, 08:00 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri-State Avn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66872 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 700 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/19810710053229I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH LEFT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. FEATHERED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND HOLE IN SIDE OF PISTON.

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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