ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284211
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| Date: | Sunday 30 September 2007 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-201T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N38765 |
| MSN: | 28R-7703270 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TSIO-360-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taos, New Mexico -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Taos Airport, NM (TSM/KSKX) |
| Nogales, AZ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had just taken off and was in a climb heading southbound when he noticed a slight fuel smell followed by white smoke coming out of the right side of the dash. The pilot turned back toward the airport. Flames began coming from the right side of the airplane's cowling and then the engine lost power. The pilot performed a wheels up landing in rough terrain. The fire persisted as he evacuated the airplane. The airplane continued to burn until fire had consumed all but the airplane's engine, wing tips and empennage. An examination of the airplane showed a b-nut on the fuel return line had become unscrewed. No other anomalies with the airplane were found.
Probable Cause: The unsecured B-nut fitting to the fuel return line which allowed for fuel spillage, an engine fire, and fuel exhaustion that led to the engine's subsequent failure. a factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's intentional wheels up landing in rough, uneven terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN07LA166
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 September 1984 | N38765 | Private | 0 | Henderson, KY | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2022 13:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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