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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31 · Independence, KS · August 6, 2009

Date
August 6, 2009 · 07:30 local
Place
Independence, KS
Airport
Independence Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N780GC
Reported as
Piper PA31
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,325 total850 in this make and model30 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) Enroute to wiley post (kpwa) from alma municipal airport (K36V), 17 miles north of Independence, Kansas, the aircraft experienced an engine fire on the l/h engine. The pilot shut off the fuel, feathered the prop and shut down the left hand engine. He landed at Independence airport without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ENROUTE TO WILEY POST (KPWA) FROM ALMA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K36V), 17 MILES NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE ON THE L/H ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL, FEATHERED THE PROP AND SHUT DOWN THE LEFT HAND ENGINE. HE LANDED AT INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.