# Incident 19800716061189I: Piper PA28151, Manchester, NH, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 10:19 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44655, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44655) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 600 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/19800716061189I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING ATTEMPTED START.

## Other reports on N44655 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910516052939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910516052939I), May 16, 1991: Piper PA28151 (N44655), Buffalo, NY. Pilot was observed flying below minimum safe altitudes four miles southwest of Buffalo airport.

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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