# Incident 20000428017599I: Piper PA34200, Santa Barbara, CA, April 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2000, 23:00 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56795, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56795-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428017599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FAA AT VAN NUYS FSDO RECEIVED A REPORT THAT THERE WAS FIRE ON AIRCRAFT N56795, PA-34-200, S/N 24-7450032 AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT. I WENT TO SBA ON 5-3-2000 AND 5-25-2000 TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DA^, THE PILOT , LINCENCE NUMBER ^PRIVACY D^, COMMERCIAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATINGS.  TOTAL FLIGHT TIME 1110 FLIGHT HOURS.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^, ON FRIDAY APRIL 28, 2000 AT ABOUT 11:00 PM TRIED TO START THE ENGINE ON GROUND AT SBA.  HE CALLED SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT TO GIVE GPU TO START ENGINE.  WITH GPU HE WAS ABLE TO START THE RIGHT ENGINE BUT THE LEFT ENGIEN DID NOT START.  HE TRIED TO CONTACT ANY AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, NO WAS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.  HE SAW BUBBLES ON NOSE CONE PAINT.  UPON OPENING THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT DIIR THERE WAS FIRE.  THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND THE AIRPORT FIRE TRUCK PERSONNEL VERIFIED THAT THE FIRE WAS OUT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TIED AT MERCURY RAMP AT SBA.  AT THE TIME OF FIRE THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE AIRCRAFT.  OCCUPANT PILOT ONLY.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THERE WAS NO LOSS TO ANY PROPERTY EXCEPT N56795.

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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