# Incident 19960209004139I: Piper PA28180, Kansas City, MO, February 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1996, 11:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4517T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4517T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,700 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209004139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: TWO KC FSDO INSPECTORS WERE ON THE EXECUTIVE BEECH FBO RAMP INSPECTING AN AIRPLANE WHEN N4517T WAS OBSERVED TAXIING INTO THE RAMP WITH ITS LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSY. ON FIRE. BOTH INSPECTORS SIGNALED THE PIC TO STOP WHILE A PILOT AND MECHANIC FOR AN AIR TAXI OPERATOR GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSY. IGNITED AS WELL. WHEN N4517T WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP THE TWO AIR TAXI PERSONNEL PROCEEDED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRES. THE THREE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EGRESS WITHOUT DIFFICULTY OR INJURY. DAMAGE TO N4517T WAS LIMITED TO BOTH WHEEL PANTS. BRAKE LINES AND MAIN TIRES. PIC STATED THAT WHEN HE NOTICED HIS TOE BRAKES BECOMING INEFFECTIVE, HE APPLIED THE HAND BRAKE REALIZING THEN THAT IT WAS ALREADY ENGAGED ONE NOTCH. HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. WHEN ASKED HOW HIS PREVIOUS TAKEOFF HAD BEEN, HE RESPONDED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. THE ENTIRE PARALLEL TAXIWAY NEAREST RUNWAY 19R IS CLOSED. THE PIC HAD TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY AT THE END AND TAXI APPROXIMATELY 6,500 FEET WITH A 20 KT TAILWIND TO THE FBO. WITH ONE NOTCH OF BRAKE CONTINUOUSLY APPLIED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THE BRAKES WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY HOT. A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL (OIL, BRAKE FLUID, ETC.) WAS PRESENT AROUND THE BRAKE AREA TO CAUSE IGNITION. THE PIC WAS COUNSELED TO THOROUGHLY INSPECT HIS LANDING GEAR DURING PRE-FLIGHT AND TO ENSURE THE HAND BRAKE IS COMPLETELY STOWED BEFORE FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT, NO. CE96IGA0028, IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4517T (2)

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

- [Incident 20111018024799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018024799I), Oct 18, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N4517T), Harrison, AR, Minor damage. On October 18, 2011 at approximately 1830 local, Piper PA-28-180, N4517T, serial # 28-7205177 was decending to boone county airport (hro) in Harrison, AR when…
- [Incident 20110311005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110311005249I), Mar 11, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N4517T), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. The torque link attach fittings of the right main gear upper strut (identified by Piper in the ipc as a cylinder) broke. This allowed the lower strut and wheel…

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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