# Incident 19891017060419I: Piper PA31350, Portland, OR, October 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1989, 06:38 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42079, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42079-2022-12-22) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891017060419I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH AND OIL DOOR OPEN. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. NR5 CYLINDER HEAD WAS CRACKED.

## Other reports on N42079 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890608040079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890608040079I), Jun 8, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N42079), Portland, OR. Aircraft refueled with jet fuel. Returned after engine developed problems. Ground crew bypassed fuel restrictors.
- [Incident 19840119009489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840119009489I), Jan 19, 1984: Piper PA31350 (N42079), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Engine shut down. Low oil pressure. Oil cooler verna therm relief valve and hydraulic pump defective.

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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