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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Toledo, OH · March 22, 1982

Date
March 22, 1982 · 10:00 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Airport
Express
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
COMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71CZ
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total2,000 in this make and model300 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.

Loud bang in left engine. Oil on cowling. Shut down. Diverted to nearest airport. No details.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG IN LEFT ENGINE. OIL ON COWLING. SHUT DOWN. DIVERTED TO NEAREST AIRPORT. NO DETAILS.