# Incident 20001221026539I: Piper PA31350, Galena, AK, December 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Galena
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FWRA
- Location: 64.7409° N, 156.8769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7409&lon=-156.8769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45008, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45008-2004-09-23) (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 TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001221026539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ALO12001B0819 AT 3,000' AND CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT WHILE ENROUTE TO GALENA, ALASKA, THE #3 CYLINDER OF THE LEFT ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS FEATHERED AND SHUT DOWN. APPROX. 2 MINUTES LATER, THE FIRE WENT OUT. THE A/C LANDED IN GALENA 18 MINUTES LATER WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N45008 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040102000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040102000469A), Jan 2, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N45008), Koyukuk, AK, Destroyed. (-23) While preparing to depart from the galena, AK airport the pilot was advised by the company agent in galena that the weather in Koyukuk, AK. Was "foggy".…

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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