19840102000189A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA60601P · Garfield, WA · January 2, 1984

Date
January 2, 1984 · 11:40 local
Place
Garfield, WA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6081Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA84FA031
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,103 total3,250 in this make and model106 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fire in left engine. Crash landed on a road. Misaligned exhaust turbo clamp allowed hot gasses to melt a fuel line.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE. CRASH LANDED ON A ROAD. MISALIGNED EXHAUST TURBO CLAMP ALLOWED HOT GASSES TO MELT A FUEL LINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.