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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Chicago, IL · June 4, 1985

Date: June 4, 1985 · 21:00 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Midway
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9128Y
Reported as: Piper PA31
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N9128YRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2004 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-171 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Fire from engine compartment. Engine secured and diverted. Connecting rod broke and oil sprayed on turbocharger.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE SECURED AND DIVERTED. CONNECTING ROD BROKE AND OIL SPRAYED ON TURBOCHARGER.