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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AK · December 28, 1987

Date
December 28, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AUIA
Aircraft
N40725
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,800 total4,500 in this make and model285 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.

On climbout engine fuel flow dropped down. Engine began to run rough. Shut engine down. Returned. Fuel line loose.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT ENGINE FUEL FLOW DROPPED DOWN. ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. FUEL LINE LOOSE.