# Incident 19990220016359I: Piper PA31, Flint, MI, February 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1999, 21:00 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop Intrnational Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECBA
- Location: 43.0125° N, 83.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flint, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0125&lon=-83.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93DC-2006-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990220016359I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ATC REPORT STATED: DELIVERY SERVICES, INC., AIR TAXI PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT FLINT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  PILOT LATER ADVISED ATC BY PHONE THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POP, THE RIGHT COWLING BLEW OFF, AND HE OBSERVED FLAMES.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY THE DETRIOT FSDO DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING OPENED IN FLIGHT, BUT DID NOT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FLAMES SEEN BY THE PILOT WERE FROM AN EXHAUST DUCT THAT HAD SEPERATED ON THE ENGINE.  THE FLAMES CEASED UPON ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

## Other reports on N93DC (2)

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

- [Accident 20030821031309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821031309A), Aug 21, 2003: Piper PA31310 (N93DC), Clearwater, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On August 21, 2003, about 1648 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-31, N93DC, registered to Clearwater aircraft, inc., experienced an in-flight loss of…
- [Incident 19890215001949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890215001949I), Feb 15, 1989: Piper PA31310 (N93DC), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. Unable to get gear safe indication. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Ruptured hydraulic hose caused fluid loss.

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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