# Incident 20180919013819I: Piper PA-23, Lancaster, OH, September 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, OH
- Airport: Fairfield County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7556° N, 82.6571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD COUNTY (LHQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7556&lon=-82.6571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N388ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (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-23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180919013819I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1256 ZULU TIME N388ME, A PIPER APACHE SERIAL NUMBER 23-322 TAXIED TO THE RUN UP AREA FOR RUNWAY 28 AT FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT (LHQ). APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOWERING OF THE RPM AND EVENTUALLY TOTAL FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT SMOKE AND FIRE WAS OBSERVED EMANATING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN AND QUICKLY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGER. THE FIRE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTINGUISH BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND THE GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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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