# NTSB MKC88LA029: Piper PA-28-140, N1595J, Osceola, AR, December 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 16, 1987, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Osceola, AR
- Coordinates: 35.700984, -89.989486 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7010&lon=-89.9895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34525/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA029

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, standing - engine(s) not operating
  - fuel system,line - leak (cause)
  - electrical system,battery - arcing (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - fire

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING JUMP-STARTED FROM AN AUTOMOBILE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LEFT FOR SOME EQUIPMENT WHEN THE STUDENT CALLED HIM BACK AND SAID THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO BURN AND WAS DEMOLISHED. THE STUDENT STATED THERE WAS A PINHOLE LEAK COMING FROM A FUEL LINE AND HITTING A HOT TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1595J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1595J-1989-07-14), registration cancelled 1989-07-14, S/N 2824006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-24006
- Airframe hours: 6800
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Osceola Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 27, 1987, 102 hours before
- Airport: 7M4, Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 12,494 total, 2,510 in this make and model, 12,321 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871216070309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871216070309A), Dec 16, 1987: Piper PA28140, Osceola, AR, Destroyed. Aircraft caught fire on the ground during an attempted jump start. A fuel line leak contacted the battery terminal.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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