# Incident 19970402008599I: Piper PA23250, Greenville, TN, April 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1997, 13:57 local time
- Place: Greenville, TN
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2970° N, 86.8883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2970&lon=-86.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970402008599I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20181029021119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181029021119I), Oct 29, 2018: Piper PA-23-250 (N27FM), Vieques, PR, Minor damage. N27FM was flown from tjig to tjvq with the intent of practicing several touch-and-go landings at tjvq. After an uneventful first approach and landing, the PIC…
- [Incident 20140514007069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140514007069I), May 14, 2014: Piper PA-23-250 (N27FM), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft skin evidence shows the gear was unlocked and in transit upon contact with the runway. The scrapes on the main gear doors indicate the main gear…

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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