19880515029079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Detroit, MI · May 15, 1988

Date
May 15, 1988 · 12:05 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit City
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2550M
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total10 in this make and model24 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.

Overflooded engine on start. Pilot used wrong procedures to clear fuel and fire destroyed hoses and harnesses.

As the FAA filed it

OVERFLOODED ENGINE ON START. PILOT USED WRONG PROCEDURES TO CLEAR FUEL AND FIRE DESTROYED HOSES AND HARNESSES.

Other reports on N2550M · 1

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