# Incident 19850501040909I: Piper PA28161, Crystal, MN, May 1, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1985, 19:27 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2240G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2240G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 528 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850501040909I

## Narrative

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

AFTER CLEARING ACTIVE RUNWAY, ENGINE QUIT. FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH RESTART ATTEMPT.

## Other reports on N2240G (2)

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

- [Incident 20191122022639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191122022639I), Nov 22, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N2240G), Hanover, MN, Minor damage. The aircraft was in the practice area about 50 NM from kmic. It had been flying 1.4 hrs. The student was not feeling good so the return to base began at 4000…
- [Incident 20040814020209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814020209I), Aug 14, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N2240G), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor and student were performing soft field landings at winsted (K10D) airport. After students' second soft field take-off, an observer on ground…

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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