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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Greenville, TN · April 2, 1997

Date
April 2, 1997 · 13:57 local
Place
Greenville, TN
Airport
Greenville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27FM
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,900 total

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.

Narrative: fuel pump (engine) gasket developed pressure leak. Fuel was pumped onto the turbocharge - flash fire occur - pilot shut down engine. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FUEL PUMP (ENGINE) GASKET DEVELOPED PRESSURE LEAK. FUEL WAS PUMPED ONTO THE TURBOCHARGE - FLASH FIRE OCCUR - PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE. MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N27FM · 2

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