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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Huntsville, AL · April 18, 1984

Date
April 18, 1984 · 17:50 local
Place
Huntsville, AL
Airport
Madison Co
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9536C
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
233 total87 in this make and model22 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 turning off runway. Caught fire on try to restart. Fire put out. Carburetor float valve stuck open.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT TURNING OFF RUNWAY. CAUGHT FIRE ON TRY TO RESTART. FIRE PUT OUT. CARBURETOR FLOAT VALVE STUCK OPEN.