# Incident 19980506024079I: Piper PA23250, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1998, 10:19 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VAIA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N329SD) (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 IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,803 total, 620 in this make and model, 349 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980506024079I

## Narrative

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

BROKEN EXHAUST STACK STARTED FIRE MELTING CARB HEAT SHROUD AND BURNED OUT FIBERGLAS NOSE BOWL.

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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