# Incident 19940331016659I: Piper PA31350, Alexandria, LA, March 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1994, 08:30 local time
- Place: Alexandria, LA
- Airport: Esler Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3949° N, 92.2958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESLER RGNL (ESF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3949&lon=-92.2958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78WM-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,571 total, 450 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940331016659I

## Narrative

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

FIRE EXITING THE COWLING WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. FOUND CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

## Other reports on N78WM (1)

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

- [Accident 20121224028719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121224028719A), Dec 24, 2012: Piper PA-31-350 (N78WM), Leesburg, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed eagles nest, crescent city Florida, at approximately 14:05 headed to Leesburg regional airport. Aircraft was approximately 12 miles from…

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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