Piper PA-44-180 N255ER

Summary

On 24 May 2007 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N255ER was involved in an accident near Lubbock, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 May 2007 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Lubbock Preston Smith Int. (LBB)

Coordinates

33.6508, -101.8289

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

N255ER

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lubbock → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA121

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the engine fuel supply line and the separation of the number one cylinder exhaust pipe resulting in an engine fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 1,730-hour flight instructor and a student pilot performed a normal engine run-up in a twin-engine airplane prior to a local training flight. The run-up did not reveal any anomalies and the airplane was clear to taxi to runway 35L. The right engine lost power while the airplane was holding short to take the active runway. The student pilot attempted to restart the right engine when he noticed "flames coming from the bottom of the engine cowling." The flight instructor and the student pilot exited the airplane through the cabin door without injuries. Airport rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) personnel responded to the aircraft fire and extinguished the fire. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who responded to the scene, reported that the right engine nacelle sustained structural damage as result of the engine fire. Additionally, the inspector found the exhaust stack for the number one cylinder had separated. The inspector also reported that the braided fuel line leaked when the line was pres

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.