# Incident 20140927018199I: Piper PA-31-350, Kotzebue, AK, September 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4501B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4501B) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140927018199I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE LEFT ENGINE OPERATION BECAME ERRATIC. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN, SECURED THE ENGINE, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4501B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150930022899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150930022899I), Sep 30, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N4501B), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Pilot states that he was on a maintenance test flight for alternator repair. He headed southeast to the practice area and returned to Fairbanks airport at 1500…
- [Incident 19960527023669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527023669I), May 27, 1996: Piper PA31350 (N4501B), Show Low, AZ. Narrative: on may 27, 1996 at approx. 1630 MST, the pilot of N4501B a Piper navajo, operating for a commuter airline with 1 passenger on board, observed smoke…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.