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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Great Falls, MT · July 2, 1997

Date: July 2, 1997 · 09:00 local
Place: Great Falls, MT
Airport: Great Falls International
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9658K
Reported as: Piper PA28181
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total300 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N9658KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7690271 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Engine run up. Lost RPM second try shutdown. Smoke fire engine. Fire department put out fire.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RUN UP. LOST RPM SECOND TRY SHUTDOWN. SMOKE FIRE ENGINE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE.