# Incident 19970711021829I: Piper PA32R301, Elkhart, IN, July 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195AJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195AJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711021829I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PARKING BRAKE APPARENTLY LEFT ON. T.O. WAS ABORTED. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO RAMP RIGHT BRAKE CAUGHT FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. OTHER THAN THE BRAKES THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE. DILIGENCE IN FOLLOWING CHECK LIST COULD HAVE AVERTED PROBLEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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