# Incident 19871029074509I: Piper PA31350, Abilene, TX, October 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1987, 20:30 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXCA
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59981 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520JB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 50 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871029074509I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. LOOSE EXHAUST STACK NUTS. FIRE BURNED THRU PUSHRODS IGNITING OIL. STACK TO CYL NUT STD2218.

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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