# Incident 19940726030259I: Piper PA31350, Albany, NY, July 26, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1994, 07:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRDA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61RT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61RT-2018-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940726030259I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19930727033339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930727033339I), Jul 27, 1993: Piper PA31350 (N61RT), Manchester, NH. Aircraft hydroplaned on wet runway. Veered off side of runway. Hit runway light.

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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