# Incident 19990821028029I: Piper PA31350, Cocoa, FL, August 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1999, 07:50 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FCTA
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31RD) (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 LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821028029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RIGHT ENGINE POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT, PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT MARRETT ISLAND AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING DURING TAXI TO THE RAMP THE RIGHT ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.  PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED, AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT WITH A HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE #4 CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER CYLINDER BARREL CAUSING THE #4 CYLINDER FUEL INJECTION LINE TO BREAK WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE.  THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE #4 CYLINDER AREA.  NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR FIRE WALL DAMAGE.  INSPECTOR JERRY WILKE OF THE TAMPA FSDO WAS AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURANCE AND ASSISTED IN THE INVESTIGATION AND FAXED HIS REPORT TO THE MCO FSDO.

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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