# Incident 20010608013229I: Piper PA31T, Lubbock, TX, June 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2001, 16:39 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111CT-2012-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 250 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010608013229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DETECTED A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION WHILE CRUISING AT FL220. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY DECENTO TO 12,000 FEET MSL. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED THAT A STEEL CLAMP HOLDING A 4 INCH DIAMETER FLEXIBLE CONNECTION FITTING HAD COME LOOSE AND ALLOWED THE FLEXIBLE HOSE TO BE BLOWN OFF THE PRESSURIZED DELIVERY DUCTS.  THE FLEXIBLE CONNECTING HOSE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OVERLAPPED ENOUGH OR CLAMPED TIGHTLY ONTO THE METAL DUCT, ALLOWING IT TO BLOW OFF INFLIGHT.  THE HOSE AND CLAMP WERE REATTACHED.  ZFWARTCC020 WAS THE ATC INCIDENT CONTROL NUMBER ON THE FAA FORM 8020-11.

## Other reports on N111CT (1)

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

- [Incident 19880218010339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880218010339I), Feb 18, 1988: Piper PA31T (N111CT), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. Sparks coming out of the exhaust stacks. Engine shutdown. A turbine blade tip came off. Entered the power section.

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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