- Date
- March 19, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Justin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2154PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850319009559A
- Case key
- 21702
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The purpose of the flt was a mult-engine flt check given by a designated examiner to the commercial plt. According to the examiner the right eng, which was still hot from the previous flt, would not start on the first attempt. After a successful start of the left eng the applicant again tried to start the right eng when smoke was seen coming from beneath the right nacelle. Cockpit emergency procedures and extinguishing efforts by ground personnel failed to put the fire out. The examiner opened the door and initiated evacuation of the cabin. Both crewmembers safely abandoned the acft without securing the left eng. The burning acft taxied out of control into a parked ag acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2154P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-150
- Airframe hours
- 6,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- L. E. Clark
- Registered owner
- L. E. Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- 3TX6 · Clark
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 3 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F
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 N2154P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.