# Incident 20010326005009I: Piper PA31T, Evansville, IN, March 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2001, 12:23 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N484SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N484SC-2015-01-22) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010326005009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMBOUT FROM EVV AT 12,500 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE RIGHT ENGINE WITH THE POWER LEVER. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THE TORQUE WAS REPORTED TO BE AT 1600 FT LBS AND THE PROPELLER SPEED TO BE AT 2200 RPM. NO OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE REPORTED. THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS -12 DEGREES C AND THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WAS 30.27.

## Other reports on N484SC (3)

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

- [Incident 20060904017379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060904017379I), Sep 4, 2006: Piper PA31T (N484SC), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On September 4, 2006, N484SC, a PA-31T aircraft, after landing runway 26, Lubbock, Texas, was instructed to taxi to parking. The aircraft taxied to the…
- [Incident 19891110060089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891110060089I), Nov 10, 1989: Piper PA31T (N484SC), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied to side of taxiway to avoid seagulls. Left gear went into soft sod.
- [Incident 19841216072039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841216072039I), Dec 16, 1984: Piper PA31 (N484SC), Pellston, MI, Minor damage. Struck deer on rollout causing minor damage to left prop and engine cowling.

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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