# Accident 20070906829289A: Piper PA23250, Philadelphia, PA, September 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2007, 18:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAHA
- Location: 40.7450° N, 74.5567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7450&lon=-74.5567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62BA-2018-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 4,600 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070906829289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 45 NM INTO THE FLIGHT (FROM NORTHEAST PHILA. AIRPORT PNE TO NEWBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SWF) HE NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION. HE SCANNED ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND NOTICED A PARTIAL LOSS OF FUEL FLOW ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. AT THIS POINT HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO HOME BASE NORTHEAST PHILA. AIRPORT (PNE) FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. AFTER AWHILE HE NOTED A SMALL STREAK OF SMOKE ALONGSIDE THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. PILOT DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. HE NOTIFIED ATC OF HIS CONDITION AND SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE. PILOT NOTICED FLAMES EMANATING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. PILOT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES BY NOSE DOWN DIVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WITH THE INCREASED AIRSPEED EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AT PNE AND EMERGENCY CREW OBSERVED NO FIRE. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. INTERVIEW OF THE PILOT CONFIRMED ABOVE STATEMENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA221), Sep 6, 2007: Piper PA-23-250 (N62BA), Bernardsville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure by unidentified maintenance personnel to follow appropriate procedures when attaching the No. 3 cylinder, which was replaced subsequent to the engine overhaul and not entered in the…

## Other reports on N62BA (1)

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

- [Incident 20051008032649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051008032649I), Oct 8, 2005: Piper PA23250 (N62BA), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On October 7, 2005, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was on an IFR approach in turbulent gusty night, and forgot to put the gear down on N62BA, a Piper…

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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