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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Springdale, AR · July 18, 1982

Date: July 18, 1982 · 08:30 local
Place: Springdale, AR
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74932
Reported as: Piper PA31350
Reported engine: Lycoming LTIO540F2BD
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,500 total500 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N74932Registered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-7305074 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On takeoff, tail pipe clamp PN556-053, failed. Exhaust melted hole in cowling, engine shut down. Returned to land.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF, TAIL PIPE CLAMP PN556-053, FAILED. EXHAUST MELTED HOLE IN COWLING, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. RETURNED TO LAND.