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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Boston, MA · December 7, 1984

Date
December 7, 1984 · 18:03 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N4095L
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total2,000 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.

Smoke seen coming from left engine while taxiing. Mechanic suspects turbocharger oil seal stuck open momentarily.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE SEEN COMING FROM LEFT ENGINE WHILE TAXIING. MECHANIC SUSPECTS TURBOCHARGER OIL SEAL STUCK OPEN MOMENTARILY.

Other reports on N4095L · 1

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