# Accident 19820516015889A: Piper PA22160, Joliet, IL, May 16, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5492° N, 88.1306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5492&lon=-88.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3723Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3723Z-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820516015889A

## Narrative

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

DETERIORATED FUEL LINE LEAKED FUEL ONTO POWER UNIT. SMOKE AND FIRE ERUPTED IN FLIGHT. LANDED AND EVACUATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI82FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA168), May 16, 1982: Piper PA-22 (N3723Z), Joilet, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N3723Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19750316006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750316006519A), Mar 16, 1975: Piper PA22160 (N3723Z), Wayne, IL, Substantial damage. Gr collapsed.

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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