# Incident 19990120010229I: Piper PA31T, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, January 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1999, 14:20 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53AM-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990120010229I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JANUARY 20, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 HOURS LOCAL TIME, PIPER AIRCRAFT N53A, OWNED IN PART BY JMK HOLDING MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 270 AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE.  VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORGINATED AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JANUARY 20, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N53AM (2)

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

- [Incident 20171023021459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171023021459I), Oct 23, 2017: Piper PA-31T (N53AM), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. On October 23, 2017 @ approximately 1317 CDT aircraft N53AM, a Piper PA-31T, serial number 31T-7920037 reported gear problem while inbound to Tyler, TX (tyr)…
- [Accident 19950820025592A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820025592A), Aug 20, 1995: Piper PA31T (N53AM), Alpine, TX, Minor damage. Landed on runway and collided at intersection with N5638T that landed on runway 19. Stated made calls, verifified.

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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