- Date
- June 23, 1989, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6907CPiper PA-60-700P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890623019069A
- Case key
- 14259
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Probable cause
Failure of the turbocharger exhaust tailpipe assembly retaining clamp.
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.
Fire
Exhaust system,clamp - missingCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - performed
Acft/equip,inadequate designFactor
Maintenance,compliance with ad - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6907C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-700P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-8423020
- Airframe hours
- 395
- Engine
- Lycoming LTIO-540-U2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Cas, Inc., doing business as Cas, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cas, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1988 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- 05C · Griffin, runway 26, 4,000 × 50 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,172 total · 200 in this make and model · 83 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6907C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.