# Incident 19990712026359I: Piper PA28151, Indianapolis, IN, July 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43256, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43256-2013-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990712026359I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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