# Accident 19871110063459A: Piper PA23250, Miami, FL, November 10, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1987, 10:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9102° N, 80.2694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9102&lon=-80.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5086Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5086Y-1988-04-07) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,311 total, 478 in this make and model, 385 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871110063459A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE DURING ENGINE STARTUP. FOUND EACH FUEL CAP WAS WRAPPED WITH A RAG TO PREVENT LEAKING.

## 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 MIA88LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA033), Nov 10, 1987: Piper PA-23-250 (N5086Y), Miami, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N5086Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19801224085129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801224085129I), Dec 24, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N5086Y), Port Richey, FL, Minor damage. Zw zs pilot made forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Incident drug related.

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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