# Incident 20090806015279I: Piper PA31, Independence, KS, August 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Independence, KS
- Airport: Independence Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1579° N, 95.7790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE MUNI (IDP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1579&lon=-95.7790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,325 total, 850 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090806015279I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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