# Incident 20140602007099I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Long Beach, CA, June 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2014, 18:31 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (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-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140602007099I

## Narrative

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

THE PREFLIGHT WAS COMPLETED WITH NO OBVIOUS PROBLEMS FOUND USING THE AIRCRAFT POH CHECKLIST. DURING CLIMB OUT, AT APPROX. 800? BRIGHT ORANGE FLAMES WERE NOTICED OF COMING FROM THE AFT PART OF THE COWLING VENT ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE ENGINE.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

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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