# Incident 20010926028049I: Piper PA31350, Homer, AK, September 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2001, 11:45 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EONA
- Location: 59.6455° N, 151.4766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMER (HOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6455&lon=-151.4766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38KC) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 27 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010926028049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON A CHARTER FLIGHT FROM ILIAMNA TO HOMER, ALASKA, PILOT EXPERIENED SUDDEN POWER LOSS FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. APPROX 12 MI. WEST OF HOMER, AK, THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED GIVING AN 8-10" DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO ENGINES. AFTER PERFORMING OPERATIONAL CHECKS, THE RIGHT ENGINE PERFORMANCE APPEARED TO BE IMPROVING. THE POWER DIFFERENTIAL WAS SLIGHT AND THE ENGNE GUAGES NORMAL. TEN MILES FROM HOMER, THE PILOT WAS URGENTLY INFORMED BY A PASSENGER THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS AFLAME. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE PILOT AND HE OBSERVED BLUE FLAME AND INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF FLUID STREAMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE IN AN EFFORT TO BOTH EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND DECREASE DRAG IN PREPARATION FOR A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE FIRE APPEARED TO BE EXTINGUISHED. THE PILOT INFORMED HOMER FSS OF THE PROBLEM AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE. UPON LANDING THE PILOT WAS INFORMED OF A SECONDARY FIRE BEHIND THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT ASSISTED THE PASSENGERS EGRESS AND USED THE AIRCRAFT FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE LOCKER.

## Other reports on N38KC (1)

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

- [Incident 19950824025329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950824025329I), Aug 24, 1995: Piper PA31350 (N38KC), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Cause undetermined.

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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