# Incident 19950727047329I: Piper PA32R301T, Plaquemine, LA, July 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1995, 22:30 local time
- Place: Plaquemine, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2832° N, 91.2438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plaquemine, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2832&lon=-91.2438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8108V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8108V-2008-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,331 total, 2,293 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950727047329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE SPREAD THROUGH THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AREA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. M&D REPORT WAS FILED BY THE REPAIR STATION. THE "V" BAND COUPLING FOR EXHAUST CONNECTION OF CYLINDER #5 WAS LOOSE. IN ORDER TO PREVENT A REOCCURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT, A PIPER SERVICE BULLETIN #884 WAS ISSUED.

## Other reports on N8108V (2)

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

- [Incident 20000707034699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707034699I), Jul 7, 2000: Piper PA32R301T (N8108V), Bogalusa, LA, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot was decending to land when the alternator belt broke, which in trun the aircraft lost all electrical power, pilot performed emergency procedures by…
- [Accident 19810904055559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904055559A), Sep 4, 1981: Piper PA32R301T (N8108V), Lake Charles, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff when front baggage door came open. Aircraft went off end of runway into ditch.

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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