# Accident 20100526036409A: Piper PA-28-161, Chandler, AZ, May 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2010, 08:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HQ8S
- Location: 33.2719° N, 111.8047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2719&lon=-111.8047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4122T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4122T-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,750 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100526036409A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2010 N4122T EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE WHILE PERFORMING FLIGHT MANEUVERS. THE CFI DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND FORCED LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A DIRT AREA SOUTHWEST OF TAXIWAY "P" DUE TO THE REPORTED ABUNDANT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. ONCE ON THE GROUND AND AT REST THE TWO PILOTS SELF EVACUATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BURN UNTIL LOCAL FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. DURING INITIAL ONSITE INVESTIGATION, THE LYCOMING ENGINE AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATOR NOTED THAT THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP OUTPUT PRESSURE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FUEL PUMP FITTING.  THIS FIND WAS PRESENTED AND TO NTSB, FAA, AND THE PIPER INVESTIGATORS ON SITE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA264), May 26, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N4122T), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the maintenance personnel to ensure adequate torque of a fuel line fitting, which resulted in an in-flight fire.

## Other reports on N4122T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090108001089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090108001089I), Jan 8, 2009: Piper PA28161 (N4122T), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) N4122T'S left wing tip rode up over N82044'S right wing tip when trying to pass through to the runway between the aircraft in the run-up area and the…

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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