19831130073429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Spokane, WA · November 30, 1983

Date
November 30, 1983 · 03:10 local
Place
Spokane, WA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N404CA
Reported as
Piper PA31
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540A2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,200 in this make and model220 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.

Lost oil presure. Shut down and returned. Prop governor idler gear shaft had failed. Engine ingested pieces.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESURE. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. PROP GOVERNOR IDLER GEAR SHAFT HAD FAILED. ENGINE INGESTED PIECES.

Other reports on N404CA · 1

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