- Date
- October 3, 1984, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Greenbush, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N37JLPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841003053579A
- Case key
- 12922
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following an uneventful approach and landing, the plt was taxiing back up the runway when the right engine quit. The right seat passenger immediately noted flames coming from the engine and notified the plt, who swung the acft into positon for wind to keep flames from the wing while securing both engine fuel shut-off valves, heater fuel shut-off and the acft electrical system. Plt ordered evacuation and attempted to extinguish fire with hand-held extinguisher. Fire continued to burn for about 15 minutes until local fire dept put out flames. Damage precluded determination of fire source, believed to be a broken line or separated fitting in the engine fuel system which allowes a quantity of fuel to collect in the nacelle before engine quit from fuel starvation, fire ignited, and plt closed shut-off valve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37JL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2600
- Airframe hours
- 3,899
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Arrowhead Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1984 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Destination
- 02Y · Greenbush, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 024 · Greenbush Municipal Arpt., runway 21, 1,897 × 192 ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,945 total · 162 in this make and model · 1,713 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 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.