ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352391
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| Date: | Friday 29 October 1999 |
| Time: | 10:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2648P |
| MSN: | 22-2986 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1845 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newberry, SC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Thomson, GA (KHQU) |
| Salisbury, NC (KRUQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After 30 minutes in flight the pilot reported that smoke started entering from right side defrost duct. He elected to land at the nearest airport,14 nautical miles north of his location. About 3 miles from the airport fire started inside the cockpit near the right side rudder pedals. He decreased power and started descending towards a field. The last thing he remembered was crossing power lines. A detailed inspection of the muffler revealed, the muffler had two areas of burn-through damage. The aircraft fire wall had an area about 14 inches in diameter with indications of severe overheating. It was concluded that a faulty exhaust muffler caused the aircraft's firewall to overheat and smolder the aircraft's firewall insulation. The maintence records did not indicate that the exhaust muffler had ever been replaced.
Probable Cause: a fire in the cockpit caused by the exhaust muffler, which resulted in a forced landing in a field, and subsequent impact with a berm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA00LA018
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Mar-2024 13:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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