# Incident 19900721039979I: Piper PA31350, Rapid City, SD, July 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1990, 12:30 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CMUA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N159SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N159SW-2020-03-20) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,050 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900721039979I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. OIL LEAKING FROM COWLING. SHUT DOWN AND CONTINUED FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N159SW (1)

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

- [Accident 20000927037449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927037449A), Sep 27, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N159SW), Grand Junction, CO, No damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] on 09/27/2000 western aviation inc. flight 48, enroute from rifle, CO. To Grand Junction, CO. Was unable to lower the right main…

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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