# Incident 19971216042219I: Piper PA31350, Huslia, AK, December 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Huslia, AK
- Airport: Huslia Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FWRA
- Location: 65.6979° N, 156.3514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUSLIA (HLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.6979&lon=-156.3514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27341, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27341-2005-04-27) (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 LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971216042219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FOLLOWING TAKE OFF FROM HUSLIA, AK AT APPROX. 9000 FT. THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND VIBRATING, THIS WAS FOLLOWED VERY SHORTLY BY A LOUD "BANG" AND POWER LOSS. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, SMOKE AND OIL WERE EVIDENT BUT NO FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO HUSLIA AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR HIS ONE PASSENGER. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN INTERNAL FAILURE, IS BEING REPLACED.

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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