# Incident 19970227011319I: Piper PA28151, Ft Lauderdale, FL, February 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1997, 01:41 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47653, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47653) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970227011319I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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