# Incident 19890320023519I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, March 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1989, 12:29 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FWRA
- 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: N96342, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96342) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,505 total, 2,675 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320023519I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE THEN FAILED. FEATHERED SAME AND LANDED AT DESTINATION. CYLINDER HOLD DOWN STUDS HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N96342 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780131001719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780131001719I), Jan 31, 1978: Piper PA31 (N96342), Albany, NY, Minor damage. During taxi to parking rudder struck aileron counterweight of parked airplane.

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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