# Incident 19890401030689I: Piper PA31350, New Bedford, MA, April 1, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1989, 18:10 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SPPA
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3525B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3525B-2012-09-18) (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 TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890401030689I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH LEFT ENGINE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. NR1 CYLINDER HAD BROKEN HOLD DOWN STUDS. BROKEN INJECTOR LINE.

## Other reports on N3525B (1)

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

- [Incident 19890718040159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890718040159I), Jul 18, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N3525B), New Bedford, MA. Left engine lost power on takeoff. Feathered propeller and landed. Cause not stated.

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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