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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Bethel, AK · October 14, 2005

Date
October 14, 2005 · 18:55 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Airport
Bethel Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ENHA
Aircraft
N78GA
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,565 total100 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During cruise flight the right engine quit. The pilot tried to restart the engine but could not get it going again so he secured it and flew into Bethel with the right engine feathered.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT COULD NOT GET IT GOING AGAIN SO HE SECURED IT AND FLEW INTO BETHEL WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE FEATHERED.