# Incident 20000907029639I: Piper PA23250, Orlando, FL, September 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63887, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63887-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,130 total, 240 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/20000907029639I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3500' 10NM NORTHWEST ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF RIGHT ENGINE #2 CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING EXHAUST FLAMES TO MELT A LARGE HOLE IN THE FORWARD INBOARD SIDE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. EXHAUST HEAT ALSO CAUSED THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER CONTROL CABLE TO SEIZE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN THE  RIGHT ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT FEATHER THE PROPELLER DUE TO THE SEIZED PROPELLER CONTROL CABLE.  ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH THE RIGHT PROPELLER WINDMILLING, THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE REMAINING TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO REACH ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ACCOMPLISHED A SAFE LANDING AT ORL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N63887 (5)

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

- [Accident 20041108031409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108031409A), Nov 8, 2004: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Detroit, MI, Destroyed. (-23) On November 8, 2004 at 1404 hour a twin engine Piper PA-23-250, registration number N63887 took off from Detroit City Airport on rwy 25 to the north. The…
- [Incident 20020120014449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020120014449I), Jan 20, 2002: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 20, 2002, at 1739 hours eastern standard time, at the Orlando Executive Airport, a Piper aztec, N63887, performed a gear-up landing. The aztec…
- [Incident 20010728017569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728017569I), Jul 28, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing roll-out, right main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the right main landing gear center draglink bolt had broken and fallen…
- [Incident 20010310007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310007709I), Mar 10, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)On 10 March 2001 approximately 1930 hrs, Mr. Enrico a. crawford, holder of pilot certificate number 149623491 was giving instrument dual flight…
- [Incident 19880915058409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915058409I), Sep 15, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Boston, MA. Right engine failure on climb out due to fuel starvation. Secured and returned. Dirt in bowl and injector screen.

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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