# Incident 19821227067379I: Piper PA28151, San Carlos, CA, December 27, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1982, 08:15 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32847, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32847) (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 O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 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/19821227067379I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. TRIED RESTART. BACKFIRE CAUSED FIRE IN HEAT BOX. CARBURETOR FLOAT STUCK.

## Other reports on N32847 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780203005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780203005469I), Feb 3, 1978: Piper PA28151 (N32847), Fair Oaks, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long in poor visibility and hit a fence during turn off.

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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