# Incident 20180424004049I: Convair C-131F, Punta Gorda, FL, April 24, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2018, 03:30 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Ponta Gorda Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q9UA
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair C-131F (registry code 2423005, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-c-131f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR C-131F
- Reported engine: PRATT-WHITNEY R-2800-52W
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,135 total, 2,935 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180424004049I

## Narrative

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

CONVAIR CV-340-340, SERIAL NUMBER 305, N343GS WAS ENROUTE FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TPA) TO OPA-LOCKA AIRPORT (OPF) WHEN ENGINE NUMBER 1 STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, CREW FEATHERED ENGINE NUMBER 1 AS A PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN AND LANDED IN PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT (PGF).

## Other reports on N343GS (1)

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

- [Incident 20211203019259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211203019259I), Dec 3, 2021: Convair C-131F (N343GS), Miami, FL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Registration N343GS, serial number 305 departing Miami-opa Locka airport (opf) reported smoke and a flame coming from the no. 2 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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