19990712026359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Indianapolis, IN · July 12, 1999

Date: July 12, 1999 · 13:15 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N43256
Reported as: Piper PA28151
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 23 total10 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N43256Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2013 · Piper PA-28-151S/N 28-7415459 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The student pilot had completed his last landing on runway three and turned off at the midfield taxiway. After the aircraft completed the turn on to the taxiway the engine stopped. He checked the engine instruments and controls. Next he looked up over the nose of the aircraft and saw smoke coming out of cowling. The student pilot secured the aircraft and exited the cabin. After leaving the aircraft, two airport personnel came up with two fire extinguishers and put the fire out. The damage was confined to the left side of the engine compartment and the cowling. There was no damage to the fire wall and the rest of the aircraft aft of the fire wall. The inspection of the aircraft after the accident showed that the fire started at the t connection for the primer line. The hose for the air intake had been connected to the cabin heater output box and the cabin heater input line had been connect to the engine air intake. The engine was obtaining air from the cabin heater vent lines.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT HAD COMPLETED HIS LAST LANDING ON RUNWAY THREE AND TURNED OFF AT THE MIDFIELD TAXIWAY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE TURN ON TO THE TAXIWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS. NEXT HE LOOKED UP OVER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF COWLING. THE STUDENT PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED THE CABIN. AFTER LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT, TWO AIRPORT PERSONNEL CAME UP WITH TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE COWLING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FIRE WALL AND THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT AFT OF THE FIRE WALL. THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THAT THE FIRE STARTED AT THE T CONNECTION FOR THE PRIMER LINE. THE HOSE FOR THE AIR INTAKE HAD BEEN CONNECTED TO THE CABIN HEATER OUTPUT BOX AND THE CABIN HEATER INPUT LINE HAD BEEN CONNECT TO THE ENGINE AIR INTAKE. THE ENGINE WAS OBTAINING AIR FROM THE CABIN HEATER VENT LINES.