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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Del Rio, TX · August 16, 1985

Date
August 16, 1985 · 13:00 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BDAA
Aircraft
N38335
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total400 in this make and model280 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.

Engine lost RPM on descent. Propeller feathered and landed. Failure of drive train gears.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST RPM ON DESCENT. PROPELLER FEATHERED AND LANDED. FAILURE OF DRIVE TRAIN GEARS.