# Incident 19981223042429I: Piper PA31350, Friday Harbor, WA, December 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1998, 08:40 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Friday Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HARA
- Location: 48.5339° N, 123.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friday Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5339&lon=-123.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3516A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3516A) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,779 total, 1,379 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223042429I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT HEARD THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER STRIKING AN OBJECT DURING ENGINE START. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. HE DISCOVERED THAT A BAGGAGE CART HAD ROLLED ON THE ICE COVERED RAMP, AND HAD STOPPED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT WING IN THE PATH OF THE PROPELLER. PILOT INSPECTED PROPELLER AND OBSERVED THERE WERE NICKS IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER. PILOT THEN DEPARTED ON A PAASENGER CARRYING FAR 135 COMMUTER FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS SLIGHTLY TWISTED. AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNAIRWORTHY AND WAS GROUNDED.

## Other reports on N3516A (3)

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

- [Incident 20170102005789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170102005789I), Jan 2, 2017: Piper PA-31-350 (N3516A), Kobuk, AK, No damage. The aircraft encountered severe icing approximately 80 miles east of kotzebue, enroute to Kobuk. The aircraft was unable to maintain minimum IFR altitude due…
- [Incident 20040628012019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040628012019I), Jun 28, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N3516A), Nome, AK. (-23) [privacy data omitted] pilot cycled gear down on approach and gear indication lights showed left gear not down. He notified Nome radio. Cycled gear…
- [Incident 19800118015109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118015109I), Jan 18, 1980: Piper PA31350 (N3516A), Logan, UT. Unreliable navigation signals and communications due to arcing spark plug lead.

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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