# Incident 20080114011989I: Piper PA31350, Kaunakakai, HI, January 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Kaunakakai, HI
- Airport: Molokai
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 5AMA
- Location: 21.1529° N, 157.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOLOKAI (MKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N830SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N830SA-2009-11-30) (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 TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080114011989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FAILURE OF CONNECTING ROD BOLT, CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLY AND PUNCTURE OF CRANKCASE. LOSS OF POWER IN LEFT ENGINE.

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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