19890212006729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Huntersville, NC · February 12, 1989

Date
February 12, 1989 · 17:00 local
Place
Huntersville, NC
Airport
Bradford Fld Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5112Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL89LA087
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,250 total800 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine fire in pattern. Feathered engine. Landed. Thick smoke in cabin. Fire consumed aircraft. Origin unknown.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE IN PATTERN. FEATHERED ENGINE. LANDED. THICK SMOKE IN CABIN. FIRE CONSUMED AIRCRAFT. ORIGIN UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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