- Date
- April 6, 1986, 20:33 local (Apr 7, 1986, 01:33 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Deposit, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22370Piper PA-32R-300T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860406010709A
- Case key
- 7084
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff smoke and flames entered the cockpit. The pilot returned to the airport and landed hard damaging the firewall. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the turbo charger exhaust clamp broke and allowed hot exhaust gases to ignite a fire under the engine cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22370
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300T (PA-32R-300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7887250
- Airframe hours
- 1,418
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540-SIAD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas K. Albrecht
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 16, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- 67A · Fort Deposit, AL
- Destination
- MGM · Montgomery, AL
- Airport
- 67A · Lowndnes Co, runway 15, 3,590 × 80 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 620 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.