- Date
- October 9, 1987, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2802RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871009059279A
- Case key
- 7652
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final appch to land, a fire broke out in the airplane engine compartment. The commercial plt and his instructor evacuated the airplane after ldg and the airplane was destroyed by the fire. The acft was subsequently examined by an IA mechanic who reported that he found a suspicious hole (or split) in the fuel line running from the fuel injector servo to the fuel pressure gauge. He also stated that the fire appeared to have originated in the engine compartment. He based this on the report of flames before landing, the speed with which the fire spread, 'and the fact that the pilots turned off the master but not the fuel supply, point toward a fuel fire.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2802R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35290
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. M. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1987
- Airport
- 3G6 · Tri-City, runway 17, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 314 total · 55 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.