# Accident 19930702022299A: Piper PA12, Tampa, FL, July 2, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1993, 08:07 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0495° N, 82.4492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0495&lon=-82.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4106M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4106M-2013-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 834 total, 41 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930702022299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FIRE ON BANNER TOW. DROPPED BANNER. FORCE LANDED. PRIOR. WELDED MULLFER CRACKED. EXAUST RUPTURED FUEL LINE.

## 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 MIA93LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA148), Jul 2, 1993: Piper PA-12 (N4106M), Tampa, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: the improper welding/repair by maintenence personnel of the exhaust system, which eventually failed allowing hot exhaust gasses and flame to burn a fuel line and start a fire.

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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