- Date
- March 9, 1984, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3TBPiper PA-31P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840309007049A
- Case key
- 33649
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At FL240, a fire broke out in the rgt eng compartment. The plt indicated that the eng turbo-charger was malfunctioning. The plt shut down the eng & asked for radar vectors to johnson county executive arpt. The fire went out at 21,000 ft & the acft landed without further incident. There was severe buckling of the eng firewall due to the intense heat generated by the eng fire. The turbo-charger exhaust connecting tube had separated from the exhaust system. The turbo/ exhaust tailpipe coupling, pn 78012, was out of centerline alignment by 1.043 inches. Installation of this component without proper alignment would prohibit full depth engagement of the tube with the connecting exhaust system components.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3TB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7300153
- Airframe hours
- 2,446
- Engine
- Lycoming TGIO-541-E1A, 425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yamin Oil & Supply, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- FFL · Fairfield, IA
- Destination
- Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,390 total · 23 in this make and model · 3,250 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.