# Incident 19980806038369I: Piper PA23250, Saginaw, MI, August 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1998, 01:15 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Tri City International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6843A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6843A-2014-11-25) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980806038369I

## Narrative

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

(-5) MISSED APPROACH AT 3CM, PILOT APPLIED POWER & RAISED LANDING GEAR, RIGHT ENGINE FIRE STARTED, PILOT FEATHERED ENGINE AND SECURED, FLEW TO MBS AND LANDED WHERE CFR PUT OUT FIRE.

## Other reports on N6843A (1)

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

- [Accident 19821009052179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821009052179A), Oct 9, 1982: Piper PA23250 (N6843A), Anchorage, AK. Aircraft hit heavy jet wake turbulence on climbout. Check pilot passenger hit the ceiling. Suffered a neck injury.

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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