ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 383669
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Date: | Thursday 5 August 1982 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-161 |
Owner/operator: | Thunderbird Aviation |
Registration: | N43745 |
MSN: | 78-16020 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1939 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D36 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Brainerd, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Minneapolis, MN |
Destination airport: | Brainard, MN |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING AND THE PILOT TURNED OFF ONTO A TAXIWAY. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE HOT ENGINE. DURING THIS TIME, SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT EXITED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED A SMALL FIRE (FLAMES) IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE. NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS READILY AVAILABLE, SO THE FIRE JUST BURNED ITSELF OUT, BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED. AND INVESTIGATION REVEALED FIRE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, BUT NO LEAKS OR BROKEN FUEL LINES WERE FOUND. THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING THE CARBURETOR WAS CONSIDERED, BUT THIS WAS NOT VERIFIED. HOWEVER, THE CARBURETOR FLOAT LEVEL WAS FOUND TO BE 1/64 OF AN INCH LOW.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI82DA300 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI82DA300
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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