# Incident 20120529010719I: Piper PA-23-250, Mcminnville, OR, May 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mcminnville, OR
- Airport: Mc Minnville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1945° N, 123.1361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC MINNVILLE MUNI (MMV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1945&lon=-123.1361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318CA-2014-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120529010719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TWIN OAKS AIRPARK (7S3) FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH INTO MMV, WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SIMULATED OUT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, THE CREW SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THEY CONTINUED THE DESCENT AND THE FUMES IN THE CABIN BECAME MORE INTENSE. UPON LANDING, THE CREW TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO A TAXIWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A STOP, SMOKE STARTED TO BILLOW FROM THE LEFT ENGINE.THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. A TRUCK FROM THE LOCAL FBO ARRIVED IN APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.A POST FIRE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE/NACELLE AREA WAS CONDUCTED AND REVEALED A LOOSE "B" NUT ATTACHING THE FUEL PRESSURE INLET LINE TO THE FUEL PUMP.A POST FIRE ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS CONDUCTED DUE TO THE LOW TIME SINCE OVERHAUL AND THE RESISTANCE TO PROPELLER ROTATION. ALL DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE  CONSISTENT WITH PROXIMITY TO FIRE AND HEAT. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND.

## Other reports on N318CA (1)

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

- [Accident 20130318003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130318003459A), Mar 18, 2013: Piper PA-23-250 (N318CA), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. On March 18, 2013, at approximately 14:30 (2130 z), a Piper aztec PA-23-250, N318CA, went off the end of runway 20 at Twin Oaks Airpark in Hillsboro, OR. This…

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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