# Incident 19840917053929I: Piper PA31325, Tucson, AZ, September 17, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1984, 16:59 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4080L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4080L-2022-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540F2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917053929I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND OIL COMING FROM RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED. OIL FILTER CAP DIPSTICK RUBBER O RING HAD COME OUT OF SEAT.

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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