# Incident 20150204003249I: Piper PA-31-325, Raleigh, NC, February 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2015, 19:00 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22GE-2025-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (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-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,422 total, 685 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/20150204003249I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/4/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 0010Z HRS AIRCRAFT N22GE A PA-31-325 HAD AN ENGINE FIRE. THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW THE FLAMES, AND INITIATED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT RDU WITHOUT INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO TAC AIR AND NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE COWL AND WING WERE COVERED IN OIL. WHEN THE COWLING WAS REMOVED HE NOTED THAT AN OIL HOSE WAS BURNT INSIDE THE REAR OF THE ENGINE.  THE MECHANIC FROM QUANTUM SPATIAL CAME INSPECTED THE DAMAGE, DETERMINED IT WAS MINIMAL AND REPAIRED IT. HE REMOVED THE PROP UNFEATHERING ACCUMULATORS (WOODWARD P/N 8907-030) AND HOSES (STRATOFLEX SF111) ON BOTH ENGINES, SINCE THEY ARE OPTIONAL ITEMS ON THE COLEMILL ENTERPRISES STC SA970SO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TESTED, DETERMINED TO BE AIRWORTHY AND WAS FLOWN BACK TO ITS HOME BASE EARLY ON 2/10/2015.

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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