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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Summerville, SC · October 26, 1990

Date
October 26, 1990 · 15:20 local
Place
Summerville, SC
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6142D
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL91LA009
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
59 total4 in this make and model4 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.

Fire under panel on climbout and smoke. CFI took over. Landed safely. Exaust pipe in heater broke. Heated firewall.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE UNDER PANEL ON CLIMBOUT AND SMOKE. CFI TOOK OVER. LANDED SAFELY. EXAUST PIPE IN HEATER BROKE.HEATED FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

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