19850125005879I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Seattle, WA · January 25, 1985

Date
January 25, 1985 · 10:40 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HARA
Aircraft
N3535F
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,500 in this make and model60 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.

Loss of power in left engine. Visible smoke. Engine shutdown. Turbo charger turbine seized, oil leakage in housing.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF POWER IN LEFT ENGINE.VISIBLE SMOKE. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. TURBO CHARGER TURBINE SEIZED, OIL LEAKAGE IN HOUSING.

Other reports on N3535F · 4

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