# Incident 20250807011089I: Piper PA-31, Albany, NY, August 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2025, 08:55 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFNAG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,023 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250807011089I

## Narrative

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

ON AUG 7, 2025, PA-31 DEPARTED CZBA ENROUTE TO KAUD. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO A FUEL INDICATOR ISSUE AND LANDED AT KALB WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO CUSTOMS RAMP AT ALB THEN REPORTED A FIRE IN THE R/H ENGINE. PEOPLE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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