# Incident 19980124006339I: Piper PA28151, Muskegon, MI, January 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Muskegon County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1677° N, 86.2354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSKEGON COUNTY (MKG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1677&lon=-86.2354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8204E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 150 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980124006339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT HAD A HISTORY OF HARD STARTING. INDUCTION FIRE OCCURRED ON STARTUP ATTEMPT. ENGINE HAD TWO SHOTS OF PRIME PLUS ONE CYCLE OF THE THROTTLE. FIRE STARTED, PILOT SAW SMOKE, GOT OUT AND PUT FIRE OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. GL09 INCIDENT. IGL09980003 2/23/98.

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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