# Incident 19801217088849I: Piper PA23250, Sacramento, CA, December 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1980, 19:10 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CLAA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6948Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6948Y-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 50 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/19801217088849I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGING AND LOUD BACKFIRE FOLLOWED BY FIRE ON OUTBOARD SIDE OF ENGINE BEFORE SHUTDOWN.

## Other reports on N6948Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850919053539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850919053539I), Sep 19, 1985: Piper PA23250 (N6948Y), Oakland, CA. Returned for landing due to control system impairment. Autopilot cable failed and tangled elevator cable pulley.
- [Incident 19810306017269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810306017269I), Mar 6, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N6948Y), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Right prop struck runway during takeoff. Ten inches of prop tip struck baggage door which opened. Cargo fell out.

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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