Accident · 1997-03-27

NTSB case ANC97LA041 · Piper PA-31-350 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1997-03-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (N4105D)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

a fuel leak from an engine driven fuel pump which initiated an engine fire, and the fuel pump manufacturer's inadequate quality control of the fuel pump.

Source: NTSB case ANC97LA041

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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