19850627028279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28236 · Ajo, AZ · June 27, 1985

Date
June 27, 1985 · 11:50 local
Place
Ajo, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EHTA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8253C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA296
Reported as
Piper PA28236
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,222 total50 in this make and model167 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.

Over priming during starting procedures on a hot day resulted in an engine fire which consumed the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

OVER PRIMING DURING STARTING PROCEDURES ON A HOT DAY RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE WHICH CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE.

NTSB investigation

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