# Incident 19900410022679I: Piper PA23250, Bangor, ME, April 10, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1990, 19:55 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BFVA
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40259, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40259-2014-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 360 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900410022679I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FIRE OUT BEFORE LANDING. EXHAUST PIPE HAD SPLIT.

## Other reports on N40259 (3)

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

- [Accident 20031211035529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211035529A), Dec 11, 2003: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Buffalo, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 11, 2003 at 2205 EST, a Piper PA-23-250, N40259, registered to northeast aviation inc. air operator naha caught fire after landing at Buffalo…
- [Incident 19910703025839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910703025839I), Jul 3, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Green Bay, WI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Hydraulic fluid leaking from the hydraulic pump assembly.
- [Incident 19900306007109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900306007109I), Mar 6, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Portland, ME. Right engine throttle stuck on approach. Shut engine down. Found cable was frozen. Freed up and lubed same.

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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