Piper PA-22 N9718D

Summary

On 7 May 1984 at about 20:20 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N9718D was involved in an accident near West Covina, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 May 1984 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

West Covina, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

N9718D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chino → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA283

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 RETURNING TO THE ARPT & TOWING A BANNER, SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT & A SMALL FIRE BEGAN BURING, FORWARD OF THE LEFT/LOWER PART OF THE FIREWALL. THE PLT TURNED THE ACFT TO LAND IN A FIELD. HE OPENED THE RIGHT CABING DOOR, ALL AIR VENTS & THE WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT THE FIRE & SMOKE BECAME WORSE. HE RELEASED THE BANNER IN AN OPEN FIELD & SLIPPED THE ACFT TO IMPROVE HIS ABILITY TO SEE DURING THE LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER & BURNED. THE PLT EXITED THE ACFT WITHOUT INJURIES, BUT WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. EVIDENCE OF AN INFLT FIRE WAS FOUND WHERE THE FUEL LINE WAS ROUTED IN THE AREA JUST FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL & THE PLT'S LEFT RUDDER PEDAL. THE FUEL STRAINER & SOME FUEL LINE CONNECTORS WERE LOCATED IN THIS AREA. THEY WERE NOT BURNED, BUT THEY HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO HEAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.