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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Demotte, IN · September 2, 1981

Date
September 2, 1981 · 17:30 local
Place
Demotte, IN
Airport
Demotte
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2581L
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total12 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on rollout. Pilot attempt start, saw flames, second start try failed. Engine damaged by fire and smoke.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON ROLLOUT. PILOT ATTEMPT START, SAW FLAMES, SECOND START TRY FAILED. ENGINE DAMAGED BY FIRE AND SMOKE.