- Date
- June 28, 1982, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bennington, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N620WFPiper PA-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820628025449A
- Case key
- 69927
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on approach to land, the pilot noticed the aircraft's gear warning lights were out and the circuit breakers were tripped. The pilot advised operations and started a fly-by when he noticed a fire in the left engine. The pilot feathered the left engine and the fire went out. The aircraft was landed safely. The fire had damaged the gearwarning system. A turbo outlet clamp had broken in the left engine, Piper p/n 556962.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N620WF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-17
- Airframe hours
- 5,056
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bennington Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Bennington Aviation, Inc
- Departed
- BUF · Buffalo, NY
- Destination
- Mack, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 5B5 · Bennington State, runway 31, 3,700 × 75 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
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 1,850 in this make and model · 4,995 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.