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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Albany, NY · July 26, 1994

Date
July 26, 1994 · 07:30 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Albany County
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BRDA
Aircraft
N61RT
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total500 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: aircraft was enroute from bdl to alb. Approximately 35 miles from alb, pilot experienced loss of oil pressure indication on left engine. Left engine was shut down and pilot continued to alb. Pilot declared an emergency and landed on runway 28 at alb. After touchdown the pilot experienced a right engine shutdown with no apparent cause. Smoke was seen coming from the right engine which eventually disappeared. No damage was sustained to the aircraft. Aircraft was towed to signature hangar. Maintenance at signature ran both engines to takeoff power-no discrepancies were noted. Director of maintenance for bird air fleet removed both filters and drained engine oil-no contamination noticed. Ran both engines again and flew aircraft. Both engines performed normal and aircraft returned to service. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM BDL TO ALB. APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES FROM ALB, PILOT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ON LEFT ENGINE. LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND PILOT CONTINUED TO ALB. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT ALB. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE. SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE WHICH EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARED. NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO SIGNATURE HANGAR. MAINTENANCE AT SIGNATURE RAN BOTH ENGINES TO TAKEOFF POWER-NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR BIRD AIR FLEET REMOVED BOTH FILTERS AND DRAINED ENGINE OIL-NO CONTAMINATION NOTICED. RAN BOTH ENGINES AGAIN AND FLEW AIRCRAFT. BOTH ENGINES PERFORMED NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N61RT · 1

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