# Incident 19881006059699I: Piper PA28140, Niagara Falls, NY, October 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1988, 20:50 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4348X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4348X-1994-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881006059699I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STALLED AFTER LANDING. SMALL FIRE OCCURRED DURING RESTART ATTEMPT. MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N4348X (1)

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

- [Accident 19890805027349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890805027349A), Aug 5, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N4348X), Barker, NY, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on wet grass runway, began go around. Wing hit small tree. Pilot aborted takeoff, landed off airport

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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