ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144292
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 07-MAR-2012 |
| Time: | 11:40 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain |
| Operator: | Era Alaska (rgd. owner: Ice Cap LLC Trustee) |
| Registration: | N3536B |
| C/n / msn: | 31-7952205 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Point Hope Airport - PAPO, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | PAOT |
| PAPO |
Right enigine of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain caught fire during the flight.
The pilot was able to cut power to the burning engine and safety landed the plane at Point Hope Airport - PAPO, Alaska, using the remaining engine.
After passengers evacuated the plane on the runway the pilot extinguished the fire.
No one was hurt in the incident.
Sources:
http://www.adn.com/2012/03/07/2357795/plane-lands-safely-after-1-of.html#storylink=rss
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/03_3536B.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2012 13:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Mar-2012 14:04 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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