# Incident 20080502835369I: Piper PA31T, Mena, AR, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502835369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/2/08 AT ABOUT 1830 LOCAL TIME PILOT STATES HE TOOK DELIVERY OF AIRCRAFT PA31T, N511PJ FROM MENA AIRCRAFT PAINTING, AIRCRAFT WAS THERE FOR PAINTING FROM 3/10/08 THRU 5/2/08 UNDERGOING FULL EXTERIOR PAINT AND INTERIOR WORK. GPU START FOR LEFT ENGINE WITH NORMAL START. GEN. ON, CHARGE BATTERY, RIGHT ENGINE STARTED WITH GEN. ASSIST. ALSO NORMAL START. LEFT GEN. ON LINE, INVERTERS, MASTER RADIO. STARTED TAXI. DURING TAXI MASTER CAUTION LIGHTCAME ON WITH R ENGINE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT. AFTER COMPLETING EMERGENCY PROCEDURE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER BROUGHT UP BY ATTENDANT AT THE FBO. FIRE STARTED AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AFTER START. AIRCRAFT PARKED BACK AT PAINT SHOP. AIRCRAFT CONDITION NOTICE ISSUED TO AIRCRAFT. CHEYENNE AIR SERVICE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DISPATCHED TO MENA FOR EVALUATION . IT WAS DISCOVERED FUEL NOZZEL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD LEAKED FUEL, AND AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR QUITE SOME TIME DURING PAINTING. REPLACED ALL 14 FUEL NOZZELS, AND TRANSFER TUBES. REPLACED 4 SCAVAGE TUBES, MADE TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO WIRING. ENGINE COWLINGS INSTALLED. FERRY PERMIT ISSUED FOR AIRCRAFT ON 5-23-08 TO WASHINGTON CO AIRPORT, PA.

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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