- Date
- February 6, 1978
- Place
- Troy, MI · TROY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6704YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780206007659A
- Case key
- 143429
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1672 78/2/6 TROY,MI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1410 N6704Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 3085 TOTAL HOURS, 288 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROY EXECUTIVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,MI CADIZ,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- CABIN HEATER IGNITED ACFT DRG TAXI FRM ABORTED TKOF FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6704Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Troy Executive
N6704YRegistration cancelled May 7, 1981 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.