# Incident 20020305003489I: Piper PA32R300, Fairbanks, AK, March 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2002, 13:24 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXGA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1063H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1063H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 850 in this make and model, 224 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020305003489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AND WHILE IN CLIMB, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FAI. ICE WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL STRAINER SCREEN.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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