# Incident 20110414008789I: Piper PA-31-350, Anchorage, AK, April 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2011, 06:53 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3SVA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N357SA) (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 PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110414008789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ANC (ANCHORAGE) WITH A DESTINATION TO BLG (BELUGA).  MIDWAY THROUGH FLIGHT PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER IN THE LEFT ENGINE.  PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO ANC WITH AN ENGINE PROBLEM.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ANC WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  FAA INSPECTORS INTERVIEWED PIC AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.  FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS.

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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