ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349160
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Shadow Forest Services |
| Registration: | C-GBFZ |
| MSN: | 31-775215 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Port Hardy, British Columbia, 50 nm NE -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Piper PA-31 Navajo, serial number 31-7752151, departed Machmell, British Columbia, at about 1600 Pacific daylight time with the pilot and one passenger on board. The aircraft was climbing through 10 000 feet above sea level en route to Nanaimo when the pilot noted low and fluctuating fuel pressure readings on the number-two engine. This problem had been noted before, and company maintenance had attempted to correct it by changing the fuel flow transducer on the number-two engine. The pilot contacted his company by radio to discuss the problem and, while talking with maintenance personnel, he heard an explosion. At the same time, the passenger reported that he could see flames through the vents in the lower cowl of the number-two engine. The pilot shut the engine down according to the aircraft's emergency checklist procedure, but it took three to four minutes for the fire to stop. The pilot then diverted to Port Hardy and landed without further complications, with the airport emergency response services standing by. There were no injuries; the aircraft sustained major fire damage.
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