# Incident 19811208083519I: Piper PA31T1, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1981, 07:57 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26DV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208083519I

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER ALERTED PILOT TO A FLASHING THROUGH ENGINE COWL OPENING. EMERGENCY LANDING.NO DEFECT. SUN REFLECTIONS.

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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