# Incident 19890331030699I: Piper PA31310, Providence, RI, March 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1989, 07:20 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: Theodore Francis Green State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TVCA
- Location: 41.8231° N, 71.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8231&lon=-71.4188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N183CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N183CR-2016-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890331030699I

## Narrative

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

TOP LEFT ENGINE COWL DEPARTED INFLIGHT. DIVERTED TO PROVIDENCE. FORWARD LATCH ON LEFT SIDE HAD FAILED.

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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