# Incident 19880610032209I: Piper PA32301T, Seattle, WA, June 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1988, 07:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FZNA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8107T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8107T-1995-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880610032209I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG, SMOKE, AND POWER LOSS FROM ENGINE ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. RETURNED SAFELY. FOUND A CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD

## Other reports on N8107T (1)

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

- [Accident 19890928037049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890928037049A), Sep 28, 1989: Piper PA32301T (N8107T), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Failed to check fuel visually. Crash landed in trees.

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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