- Date
- June 10, 1986, 16:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kingston, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68STPiper PA-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860610082509I
- Case key
- 21978
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft received minor damage as a result of an electrical fire in-flight while in cruise at 9,000' MSL. The plt stated that he observed smoke emanating from the c.b. panel mounted on the left side wall of the cockpit and that several c.b.'s popped and he lost the majority of the elec sys. He elected to execute a precautionary landing at a nearby arpt. Fire and heat damage was limited to the left side elec panel, primarily on the upper c.b. panel. Two suspect areas were identified as possible points of origin for the fire. One was a burned up resistor on the trim cowl flap indicators which had a disconnected wire to a diode. The other was a bus bar link that was installed backwards and had come into contact with a fuselage bulkhead and shorted out. A conclusive determination as to which caused the incident fire could not be made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68ST
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-729
- Airframe hours
- 8,168
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-A2C, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Martinaire, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Promenade Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1986 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- F31 · Lake Texoma Park, runway 18, 3,420 × 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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.