19870121009729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Saginaw, MI · January 21, 1987

Date
January 21, 1987 · 03:00 local
Place
Saginaw, MI
Airport
Tri City International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PAWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27520
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,540 total280 in this make and model42 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 failed en route. Diverted to a safe single engine landing. Found a failed connecting rod bolt.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED EN ROUTE. DIVERTED TO A SAFE SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. FOUND A FAILED CONNECTING ROD BOLT.