19840309007049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31P · Olathe, KS · March 9, 1984

Date
March 9, 1984 · 13:02 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3TB
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC84LA098
Reported as
Piper PA31P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIGO541E1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,390 total23 in this make and model180 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.

Installation of exhaust mounting pipe for turbocharger was out of alignment which started inflight fire.

As the FAA filed it

INSTALLATION OF EXHAUST MOUNTING PIPE FOR TURBOCHARGER WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHICH STARTED INFLIGHT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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