# Incident 19871228076759I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, December 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AUIA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40725-1989-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871228076759I

## Narrative

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

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

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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