# Incident 19821218067539I: Piper PA31350, Dallas, TX, December 18, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1982, 06:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KHAA
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103KH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103KH-1994-09-20) (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 TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 750 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821218067539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTICED BRIGHT GLOW FROM ENGINE. BELIEVED ON FIRE. SECURED AND LANDED. OIL CAP NOT SECURED.

## Other reports on N103KH (3)

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

- [Incident 19911031052709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911031052709I), Oct 31, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N103KH), Oklahoma City, OK. Left engine lost power due to icing. Alternator failed. Lost radios. Diverted to Oklahoma City where ice melted.
- [Incident 19850201022949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850201022949I), Feb 1, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N103KH), Ardmore, OK, Minor damage. Left engine failed at cruise during emergency landing roll out on wet runway, aircraft skidded striking a snowbank.
- [Incident 19810714057629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714057629I), Jul 14, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N103KH), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Gear up and locked or down and locked. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Hydraulic leak fixed.

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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