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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Great Falls, MT · February 14, 1990

Date
February 14, 1990 · 12:46 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JIKA
Aircraft
N4502Y
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540A2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total390 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Shut left rough running engine down. Landed safely. NR3 cylinder exhaust seat came loose and jammed exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

SHUT LEFT ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. NR3 CYLINDER EXHAUST SEAT CAME LOOSE AND JAMMED EXHAUST VALVE.