Piper PA-31-350 N4078L
20 April 2001 · Newark, Ohio, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 April 2001 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N4078L was involved in an incident near Newark, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Newark, Ohio, United States
- Nearest airport
- Newark-Heath Airport (VTA)
- Coordinates
- 40.0596, -82.4197
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31-350
- Registration
- N4078L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Wayne → Newark
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC01IA126
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The company maintenance personnel's failure to comply with the service bulletin, which resulted in a fuel boost pump leakage and subsequent fire during taxi. A factor was the manufacturer's confusing service bulletin.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After landing, while taxing back to the ramp area, the pilot observed a fire in the left engine. He secured the engine and evacuated the airplane. Examination of the engine revealed that the fuel boost pump was leaking. At the time, the pump manufacturer had a service bulletin to inspect, and retorque if necessary, four screws that secured the pump valve assembly. Examination and testing of the pump at the manufacturer's facility revealed that the wrong set of four screws had been torqued. Discussions between the pump manufacturer and airplane operator revealed that there was some ambiguity in the current service bulletin, and the maintenance personnel were confused at to which four screws the bulletin referred to. Subsequently, the pump manufacturer revised the service bulletin.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-31 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2001 | Piper PA 31-350 | Nahant, Massachusetts, United States | Dana Lake | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-31-350 | Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States | Key Lime Air | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Jul 2001 | Piper PA-31-350 | Grand Junction, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-31-350 | Bern Township, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-31-350 | Orleans, France | Tulip Air B.V. | No injuries | - |
| 22 May 2001 | Piper PA-31-310 | Uniontown, Ohio, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2001 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Piqua, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Nov 2001 | Piper PA-28-180 | Mansfield, Ohio, United States | Monroe Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Jul 2001 | Cessna 172 | Dayton, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2001 | Robinson R-22 | Columbus, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2001 | Cessna 152 | Gallipolis, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2001 | Cessna 152 | Newark, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |