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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · New Orleans, LA · November 17, 1983

Date
November 17, 1983 · 20:30 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ORLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63589
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total10,202 in this make and model200 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 near engine. Aborted take off. Nose baggage doorlocked but open. Bracket that holds door was broken.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG NEAR ENGINE. ABORTED TAKE OFF. NOSE BAGGAGE DOORLOCKED BUT OPEN. BRACKET THAT HOLDS DOOR WAS BROKEN.