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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28151 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · February 27, 1997

Date: February 27, 1997 · 01:41 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47653
Reported as: Piper PA28151
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N47653Registered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7816113 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft landed runway 8, turned off at taxiway bravo, the engine quit. Pilot radioed tower he would require a tow. Shortly after tower notified pilot he had an engine fire. Pilot and 2 passengers evacuated the aircraft with no injuries. Fire department extinguished the fire and the aircraft was towed to an FBO for repair. It was determined after a pressure check of the engine driven low pressure fuel pump it had been leaking. Malfunction/defect report attached.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 8, TURNED OFF AT TAXIWAY BRAVO, THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT RADIOED TOWER HE WOULD REQUIRE A TOW. SHORTLY AFTER TOWER NOTIFIED PILOT HE HAD AN ENGINE FIRE. PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO AN FBO FOR REPAIR. IT WAS DETERMINED AFTER A PRESSURE CHECK OF THE ENGINE DRIVEN LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IT HAD BEEN LEAKING. MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT ATTACHED.