Piper PA-31P N3TB

Summary

On 9 March 1984 at about 22:50 local time, a Piper PA-31P registered N3TB was involved in an accident near Olathe, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 March 1984 at 22:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.8797, -94.8094

Aircraft

Piper PA-31P

Registration

N3TB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairfield → Houston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84LA098

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.