# Accident 19970530015989A: Piper PA31350, Sparta, TN, May 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Sparta-White County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4105Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4105Q-2005-02-23) (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 TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970530015989A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. SUSPECT FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION. (-23) AFTER LANDING LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS APPARENTLY BURNING PRIOR TO LANDING.  CFR EXTINGUISHED FIRE WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES. SUSPECT FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION.

## NTSB investigation

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