# Incident 19890311019669I: Piper PA24250, Sellers, SC, March 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1989, 18:03 local time
- Place: Sellers, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2826° N, 79.4723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sellers, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2826&lon=-79.4723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7243P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7243P-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total, 30 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311019669I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT INBOUND FOR LANDING. LANDED IN A FIELD. LARGE CRACK IN MUFFLER. HOT EXHAUST CAUSED FUEL LINE VAPOR LOCK

## Other reports on N7243P (3)

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

- [Incident 20160217001579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160217001579I), Feb 17, 2016: Piper PA-24-250 (N7243P), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. On FEBRUARY17, 2016, at 16:15 EDT, a Piper PA-24-250, N7243P experience a collapse gear after landing . Cleared for landing the pilot informed the tower there…
- [Incident 19931111048389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931111048389I), Nov 11, 1993: Piper PA24250 (N7243P), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with all three landing gears retracted. Appears landing gear horn was faulty.
- [Incident 19901018054959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901018054959I), Oct 18, 1990: Piper PA24250 (N7243P), Winnsboro, SC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower 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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