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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31P · Yuma, AZ · October 10, 2007

Date
October 10, 2007 · 19:10 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Airport
Yuma Mcas/Yuma International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EKIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N647SC
Reported as
Piper PA31P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,370 total147 in this make and model121 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated that an in-flight fire aft of the right engine, on approach to landing, was first noticed by the flight medic. Emergency procedures followed, and the fire was extinguished within 30 seconds. Aircraft landed without further incident. Landing gear door and flap were damaged. The source of fire was identified by maintenance as an oil fitting for the waste-gate of the turbocharger which had come loose from the aft lower portion of the engine case.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE AFT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, ON APPROACH TO LANDING, WAS FIRST NOTICED BY THE FLIGHT MEDIC. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOLLOWED, AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 30 SECONDS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LANDING GEAR DOOR AND FLAP WERE DAMAGED. THE SOURCE OF FIRE WAS IDENTIFIED BY MAINTENANCE AS AN OIL FITTING FOR THE WASTE-GATE OF THE TURBOCHARGER WHICH HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE AFT LOWER PORTION OF THE ENGINE CASE.