# Incident 19880218010339I: Piper PA31T, Cape Girardeau, MO, February 18, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1988, 20:00 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Cape Girardeau Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2253° N, 89.5708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL (CGI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2253&lon=-89.5708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111CT-2012-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,177 total, 1,275 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880218010339I

## Narrative

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

SPARKS COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST STACKS. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. A TURBINE BLADE TIP CAME OFF. ENTERED THE POWER SECTION.

## Other reports on N111CT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010608013229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010608013229I), Jun 8, 2001: Piper PA31T (N111CT), Lubbock, TX. (-23) The pilot detected a loss of pressurization while cruising at FL220. He made an emergency decento to 12,000 feet MSL. Ground inspection revealed that a…

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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