# Accident 19811105071719A: Piper PA30, East Moriches, NY, November 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: East Moriches, NY
- Airport: Spadoro'S
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8088° N, 72.7566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Moriches, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8088&lon=-72.7566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7552Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7552Y-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811105071719A

## Narrative

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

ZT ZA SMELLED SMOKE. LANDED, WALKED AROUND OUTSIDE AIRCRAFT. NOTHING. OPENED CABIN DOOR, FIRE ERUPTED. TOTALED.   .

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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