19851213065259I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Waterloo, IA · December 13, 1985

Date
December 13, 1985 · 12:42 local
Place
Waterloo, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SOWA
Aircraft
N3558X
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540A1A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,680 total100 in this make and model100 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.

Oil and smoke from right engine after takeoff. Returned. Dipstick o ring allowed oil to blow into turbocharger.

As the FAA filed it

OIL AND SMOKE FROM RIGHT ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. DIPSTICK O RING ALLOWED OIL TO BLOW INTO TURBOCHARGER.