What happened
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(-23)Aircraft departed tal for fai left eng caught fire at the turbo section because of a failed gasket onthe oil filter adapter plate. Aircraft returned to tal & the fire truck met them & put out the fire in the narcell. No injurys to pass or pilot. (.19)on June 1, 2000, about 1330 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-31-350 airplane, N3536B, sustained minor damage as a result of an in-flight engine fire, about 20 miles east of Tanana, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) scheduled by frontier flying service, fairbanks, Alaska, as flight 5811 to fairbanks. The certificated airline transport pilot, and the four passengers aboard, were not injured. The fligth originated at the Tanana airport, about 1315. During a telephone conversion with the national transportation safety board invetigator-in-charge on June 1, the assistant diector of operations reprted that while in cruise flight a passenger seated in the rear passenger compartment reported to the pilot that therer was black smoke and oil coming from the left engine. He said the pilo shut down the left engine, made a 180 degree turn ti return to Tanana, and alerted emergency fire crews to stand by for his return. He said that upon arroval in Tanana, fire department personnel extinhuished the remaining fire. The airplane sustained damage to the left flap, left main landing gear door, and left engine nacelle.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAL FOR FAI LEFT ENG CAUGHT FIRE AT THE TURBO SECTION BECAUSE OF A FAILED GASKET ONTHE OIL FILTER ADAPTER PLATE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TAL & THE FIRE TRUCK MET THEM & PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE NARCELL. NO INJURYS TO PASS OR PILOT. (.19)ON JUNE 1, 2000, ABOUT 1330 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED PIPER PA-31-350 AIRPLANE, N3536B, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE, ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF TANANA, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) SCHEDULED BY FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, AS FLIGHT 5811 TO FAIRBANKS. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, AND THE FOUR PASSENGERS ABOARD, WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGTH ORIGINATED AT THE TANANA AIRPORT, ABOUT 1315. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVETIGATOR-IN-CHARGE ON JUNE 1, THE ASSISTANT DIECTOR OF OPERATIONS REPRTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT A PASSENGER SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT THERER WAS BLACK SMOKE AND OIL COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. HE SAID THE PILO SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TI RETURN TO TANANA, AND ALERTED EMERGENCY FIRE CREWS TO STAND BY FOR HIS RETURN. HE SAID THAT UPON ARROVAL IN TANANA, FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL EXTINHUISHED THE REMAINING FIRE. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR, AND LEFT ENGINE NACELLE.
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