# Incident 19891005053159I: Piper PA31350, Reno, NV, October 5, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1989, 20:15 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78DE-1994-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 35 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891005053159I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE PROBLEM AFTER TAKEOFF.  RETURNED. FIRE IN COWL WHILE TAXIING. NR6 PISTON HAD HOLE BURNED IN IT.

## Other reports on N78DE (2)

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

- [Accident 19940303003649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940303003649A), Mar 3, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N78DE), Frazier Park, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. En route at night VFR flew into trees on a mountainside. Failed to use vigilance and ATC ensaw altitude alerting.
- [Incident 19800423046539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800423046539I), Apr 23, 1980: Piper PA31350 (N78DE), Danvers, MA. Rough engine. Problem corrected by replacing spark plugs.

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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