# Incident 20020225002759I: Piper PA31350, Honolulu, HI, February 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2002, 14:04 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: C8FA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500EE-2015-04-21) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020225002759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO THE LEFT ENGINE. OBSERVED THICK WHITE SMOKE TRAILING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 0-10 PSI (NORMAL MIN. 25 PSI). SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVENTS. FINDING: THE LEFT ENGINE TURBOCHARGER SHEERED THE SHAFT. THIS CAUSED THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. COMMERCIAL FLYER, INC. MECHANIC HAS SUBMITTED A FAA FORM 8010-4 MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT DOCUMENTING THIS MALFUNCTION.

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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