41.1306° N, 85.1289° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 23, 1993 · 14:10 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N314DD
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total900 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Electrical fire inside of aircraft. Landed safely. Found three electical resistors shorted in electrical circuit.
As the FAA filed it
ELECTRICAL FIRE INSIDE OF AIRCRAFT. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND THREE ELECTICAL RESISTORS SHORTED IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.