# Accident 19980125000619A: Piper PA32300, Alexandria, LA, January 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1998, 14:50 local time
- Place: Alexandria, LA
- Airport: England Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3274° N, 92.5486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3274&lon=-92.5486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2881D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2881D-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 653 total, 10 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980125000619A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS TAXING WHEN THE BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE, ALEXANDRIA, LA.                                                 (-23) AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RUNWAY 14, WAS HOLDING SHORT FOR TAKEOFF AT AEX INT. AIRPORT. TOWER RADIOED TO PILOT THAT HE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM HIS LANDING GEAR. PILOT REPORTED BACK HE HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. PILOT AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE BRAKE AREA AND PROCEEDED TO BURN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (.4)A BRAKING SYSTEM FIRE ERUPTED WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 14 FOR TAKEOFF. ATC PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE TAXIED 'FAST' FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES (DUE TO AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION) TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHEN THE CONTROLLER OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ADVISED THE PILOT. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FIRE CONSUMED THE COCKPIT AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FIRE DAMAGE PRECLUDED A DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA109), Jan 25, 1998: Piper PA-32-300 (N2881D), Alexandria, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fire in the normal braking system due to an undetermined reason.

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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