- Date
- March 5, 1985, 09:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Foss, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6310UPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850305052609A
- Case key
- 21532
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Inflt fire at rear of lft eng caused by fitting of inlet fuel line to eng driven fuel pump being more than 1 & 1/2 turns from finger tight plt was A&P mech and did maint on a/c and had helped install lft eng 19.8 hrs prior to accident . Lft wing separated when lower spar cap was near melting point. The disqualifying for flying drug metabolite of phendimetrazine was found during the toxicological exam this drug can only legally be obtained by prescription.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6310U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277954007
- Airframe hours
- 1,212
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Remote Sensing Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1984 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- ELK · Elk City, OK
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 21,000 total · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 90 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.