# Incident 19990326039619I: Piper PA31350, St Petersburg-C, FL, March 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1999, 14:22 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4502L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4502L-2015-02-18) (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: 6,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990326039619I

## Narrative

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

(.23)ENROUTE TO ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT PILOT NOTED OIL VENTING FROM RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. MOMENTS LATER POWER SURGES AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER WERE NOTED.  NUMBER 4 CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARARTED FROM THE CYLINDER BARREL, CAUSING THE NUMBER 4 FUEL INJECTOR LINE TO FAIL.  PILOT SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDNET.  AFTER LANDING, AT THE DIRECTION OF MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN A FIRE WHICH DAMAGED THE ENGINE AND COWLING FROM THE FIREWALL FORWARD.

## Other reports on N4502L (1)

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

- [Incident 20140126004409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140126004409I), Jan 26, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N4502L), Leesburg, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed Leesburg, FL (lee) for ft. lauderdale, FL. After takeoff pilot decided to return to lee to close an engine oil service door. On landing left…

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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