# Incident 20001105021149I: Piper PA31350, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2000, 12:31 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51KM) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001105021149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 05, 2000. AT 1231 EST, N51KM, A PA-31-350, WAS APPROX. 300-400 FEET INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD "BANG" AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT PROPELLER SPINNER AND SPINNER BULKHEAD HAD COME APART. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE INCIDENT. THE ARFF WAS NOT CALLED AND THE A/C TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THEIR MAINTENANCE WHICH CAME TO PIT AND REPLACED THE LEFT PROPELLER SPINNER AND SPINNER BULKHEAD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2000. THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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