# Accident 19951103046369A: Piper PA28161, Salt Lake City, UT, November 3, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1995, 07:40 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30119, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30119-2009-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 739 total, 54 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951103046369A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM ENGINE ON 3RD START TRY. TRIED AGAIN. NO START. SAW SMALL FIRE. NO EXTINGUISHER.INDICATES FLOODED ENGINE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA96LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA048), Nov 3, 1995: Piper PA-28-161 (N30119), Salt Lake City, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: a carburetor fire.

## Other reports on N30119 (1)

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

- [Incident 19801213090209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801213090209I), Dec 13, 1980: Piper PA28161 (N30119), Long Beach, CA. Zb pilot made approach to wrong airport. Landed.

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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