Piper PA-28R-200 N2802R

Summary

On 9 October 1987 at about 23:10 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N2802R was involved in an accident near Sebring, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 October 1987 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Sebring, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Tri-City (3G6)

Coordinates

40.9191, -81.0198

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N2802R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ATL88LA008

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPCH TO LAND, A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE AIRPLANE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE COMMERCIAL PLT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE AFTER LDG AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXAMINED BY AN IA MECHANIC WHO REPORTED THAT HE FOUND A SUSPICIOUS HOLE (OR SPLIT) IN THE FUEL LINE RUNNING FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR SERVO TO THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE BASED THIS ON THE REPORT OF FLAMES BEFORE LANDING, THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE FIRE SPREAD, 'AND THE FACT THAT THE PILOTS TURNED OFF THE MASTER BUT NOT THE FUEL SUPPLY, POINT TOWARD A FUEL FIRE.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.