# Accident 19841116062419A: Piper PA23250, Aurora, OR, November 16, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1984, 13:48 local time
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2305° N, 122.7994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2305&lon=-122.7994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5276Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5276Y-1985-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,750 total, 410 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841116062419A

## Narrative

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

AFTER STARTING ENGINE AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED FOLLOWED BY FIRE. AD 721101 HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

## 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 SEA85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA018), Nov 16, 1984: Piper PA-23-250 (N5276Y), Aurora, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5276Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19811017075299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811017075299I), Oct 17, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N5276Y), Sunriver, OR, Minor damage. The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up.

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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