ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380197
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| Date: | Friday 20 January 1984 |
| Time: | 07:43 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Afs Airlines |
| Registration: | N35479 |
| MSN: | 31-8052024 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2431 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Redding, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Arcata, CA (KAVB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF, SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE COCKPIT AREA, SHORTLY AFTER THE PLT ACTIVATED THE HEATER IGNITION SWITCH. THE PLT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED & SECURED THE ACFT & ASSISTED THE PASSENGERS IN DEPLANING. AN EXAM OF THE JANITROL HEATER, MODEL B4050, REVEALED THE AFT SECTION OF THE TUBE ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED; THE INNER TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS CORRODED & A B-NUT WAS 'FINGER TIGHT.' ALSO, THERE WAS FIRE DAMAGE IN THE NOSE SECTION OF THE ACFT, NEAR THE HEATER. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE SAID THAT AD-82-07-03, INSPECTION OF THE HEATER TUBE ASSEMBLY, WAS COMPLIED WITH ON 11/14/83.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX84IA147
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1989 | N35479 | Northern Aviation | 0 | Arcata, CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 13:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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