# Incident 19871212078059I: Piper PA31350, Nashville, TN, December 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1987, 21:53 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FKEA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N374UM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871212078059I

## Narrative

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

FUEL INJECTOR LINES TO CYLINDERS 1, 3, AND 5 BROKE. ENGINE SECURED. LANDED OK. NO FIRE.

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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