# Incident 19951030039889I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, October 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1995, 07:28 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7164D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7164D) (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 IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,255 in this make and model, 287 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951030039889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED AT APPROX. 7000' ON CLIMB-OUT HE HEARD A MUFFLED NOISE AND OBSERVED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING, HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE TAKE-OFF POINT. NO INJURIES. ON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THE RIGHT ENGINE TURBOCHARGER EXHAUST PIPE WAS OFF AND LAYING INSIDE THE COWLING. THE EXHAUST PIPE SECURING CLAMP WAS MISSING, IT EVIDENTLY BROKE AND MADE IT'S EXIT THROUGH THE COWLING HALF OR THE BOTTOM COWL VENT. A RECORDS INSPECTION SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE WITHIN ITS INSPECTION LIMITATIONS AND NO RECENT WORK DONE ON THE TURBOCHARGER. THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD A DETAILED INSPECTION PERFORMED 83 HOURS AGO WITH NO FINDINGS.

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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