# Incident 19781208022909I: Piper PA23, Muncie, IN, December 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1978, 20:30 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Johnson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7750° N, 85.3389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Johnson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7750&lon=-85.3389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12WJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12WJ-1992-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781208022909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FIRE AFTER LANDING DUE TO FUEL LEAKING ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP, IGNITED BY THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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