# Incident 20071010023319I: Piper PA31P, Yuma, AZ, October 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2007, 19:10 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas/Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N647SC-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,370 total, 147 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071010023319I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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