# Incident 19820402045799I: Piper PA31350, Tallahassee, FL, April 2, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1982, 19:15 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4306° N, 84.2610° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4306&lon=-84.2610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41045, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41045-1989-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,584 total, 83 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82IA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82IA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820402045799I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILURE, FIRE IN RIGHT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE, BROKEN CLAMP ALLOWED TAILPIPE SEPARATION. FAULTY PART.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA82IA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82IA110), Apr 3, 1982: Piper PA-31-350 (N41045), Tallahassee, FL, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N41045 (1)

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

- [Accident 19821031055859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821031055859A), Oct 31, 1982: Piper PA31350 (N41045), Baton Rouge, LA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Right engine quit on takeoff climb. Aircraft impacted vertically. Right prop feathered. Popping sound prior takeoff.

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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