# Incident 20000422017909I: Piper PA23250, Giddings, TX, April 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2000, 12:15 local time
- Place: Giddings, TX
- Airport: Giddings-Lee County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1693° N, 96.9800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY (GYB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1693&lon=-96.9800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8383C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8383C-2019-09-06) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,607 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000422017909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE #1 ENGINE. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND SECURED FUEL, FIRE WENT OUT.  LANDED AT GIDDINGS, TEXAS (62H).  TALKED TO THE MECHANIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, AND HE ADVISED THE OIL LINE TO THE TURBO CHARGER HAD FAILED (NO APPARENT CHAFING) AND LEAKED OIL ON THE TURBO CHARGER.  THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, ONLY SOOT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N8383C (1)

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

- [Accident 19770602021879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770602021879A), Jun 2, 1977: Piper PA32300 (N8383C), Clam Lake, WI, Substantial damage. Bendix fuel injector service model #RSA-10EDI not properly assembled.

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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