# Incident 20020409005399I: Piper PA31310, Fairbanks, AK, April 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2002, 09:50 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BTHA
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101LJ-2014-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020409005399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LEVELING OFF AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE PILOT NOTED LOW OIL PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. HE RETURNED TO HIS DEPARTURE AIRPORT, FAI, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. COMPANY MECHANICS INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND DISCOVERED AN OIL LEAK WHICH, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF A GASKET MISSING FROM THE ENGINE DRIVEN HYDAULIC PUMP.

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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