# Incident 19960607020329I: Piper PA31350, Appleton, WI, June 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DTXA
- Location: 44.2798° N, 88.3883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2798&lon=-88.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123MA-2025-01-31) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607020329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 07, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 CDT N123MA, A PIPER PA-31-350, DEPARTED OUTAGAME COUNTY AIRPORT (ATW) ENROUTE TO SENECA COUNTY (16G), TIFFIN, OHIO. AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A POSSIBLE FIRE IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE OUTAGAME COUNTY AIRPORT (ATW) AT APPROXIMATELY 1714 CDT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART 135. INVESTIGATION BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE TOP MAIN OIL LINE ON THE LEFT ENGINE TURBO HAD COME LOOSE CAUSING AN ENGINE FIRE. PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FAULTY TURBINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE OPERATOR IS SUBMITTING A M OR D. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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