# Incident 19901025055399I: Piper PA31350, Kotzebue, AK, October 25, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1990, 09:18 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4112K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4112K) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 750 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/19901025055399I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE ON CLIMB. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. OIL DIPSTICK HAD BEEN LEFT OFF.

## Other reports on N4112K (2)

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

- [Accident 20200112000249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200112000249A), Jan 12, 2020: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112K), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Hydraulic fitting failed allowing all hydraulic fluid to leak out , this resulted in only the nose wheel and the left main wheel to extend but left the right…
- [Accident 20090314046849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090314046849A), Mar 14, 2009: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112K), Buckland, AK, Substantial damage. Ptrs number: AL01200901461.aircraft landed long, 1,000 feet down the 3,200 foot runway due to a 10 knot tail wind. Runway was covered with ice, and the pilot…

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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