# Incident 20091129052419I: Piper PA-23-250, Avon Park, FL, November 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2009, 16:40 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5913° N, 81.5290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AVON PARK EXEC (AVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5913&lon=-81.5290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22TD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,173 total, 550 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129052419I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED DURING DESCENT, PILOT SECCURED ENGINE AFTER A PASSENGER NOTICED A FIRE UNDER RIGHT WING AFT OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO ATC TO DEVIATE FROM FLIGHT PLAN AND LAND AT THE AIRPORT (AVO) NEAREST TO HIS POSITION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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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