# Incident 19800507051329I: Piper PA32260, Columbia, NC, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 19:20 local time
- Place: Columbia, NC
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SBRA
- Location: 35.9234° N, 76.2406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9234&lon=-76.2406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4805S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4805S-1995-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,478 total, 750 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507051329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING START. GROUND FIRE CREW EXTINGUISHED. PROBABLY ENGINE WAS OVERPRIMED.

## Other reports on N4805S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730104000149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730104000149A), Jan 4, 1973: Piper PA32260 (N4805S), Shelby, NC, Substantial damage. Encountered gnd fog.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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