# Incident 20251031015929I: Piper PA-31-350, Cincinnati, OH, October 31, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2025, 16:46 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Lunken Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13CA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251031015929I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT LUNKEN AIRPORT, THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING POPPED OPEN SUDDENLY CREATING EXCESSIVE DRAG ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND VIBRATION.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE AT LUNKEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING WAS FOUND TO BE SEPARATED, AND THE TOP FORWARD COMPOSITE SECTIONS OF THE COWLING WERE MISSING.  THE OUTBOARD FASTENERS OF THE TOP RIGHT ENGINE COWLING REMAINED ATTACHED, AND THE TOP COWLING BECAME HIGHLY DEFORMED IN FLIGHT.

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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