# Incident 19890707049779I: Piper PA31P, Green Bay, WI, July 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1989, 10:55 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Airport: Austin Straubel Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4835° N, 88.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4835&lon=-88.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N708R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N708R-2007-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890707049779I

## Narrative

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

EXHAUST STACK ON LEFT ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. FIRE BURNED HOLE IN COWLING. RETURNED. SLIP JOINT HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N708R (1)

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

- [Incident 19921029052139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921029052139I), Oct 29, 1992: Piper PA31P (N708R), Winona, MN. Left engine failure inflight. Forced landing. Found tab holding rocker shaft in place had fractured.

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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