# Incident 19850816044459I: Piper PA31350, San Antonio, TX, August 16, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1985, 07:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N352AC-2018-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 1,575 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850816044459I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN AFTER SMOKE NOTED. RETURNED TO FIND OIL FILLER CAP LOOSE.

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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