- Date
- November 10, 1987, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5086YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871110063459A
- Case key
- 32087
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that shortly after starting the left engine he heard an explosion and saw flame spreading from the accessory area of the left engine toward the left wing tip and the cabin. He shut down the engine by turning off the magnetos and he and his passenger exited the aircraft. The left wing and cabin then became completely engulfed in flame. Examination of the aircraft after the accident revealed extensive fire damage in the accessory area of the left engine and the fuel and hydraulic lines in this area to have been burned to almost destruction. Additionally the fuel caps in both wings were found to have been wrapped with rags which the plt stated was to prevent them from leaking. The plt stated the logbooks were in the aircraft and burned and that he could not remember who did the last inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5086Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 272106
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A105, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Munim, Mary Ellen
- Registered owner
- Mary Ellen Munim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1987
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,311 total · 478 in this make and model · 1,058 as pilot in command · 385 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.