# Incident 20000430020289I: Piper PA28161, Merced, CA, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2901T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2901T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 10 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000430020289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 04/30/2000, N2901T, A PIPER PA-28-161 OPERATED ON THE GROUND AT MERCED MUNI AIRPORT TRANSIT TIEDOWN AREA BY A PRIVATE PILOT AT THE COTNROLS ATTEMPTED TO START A HOT ENGINE WHEN IT CAUGHT ONFIRE AND BURNED THE FIBERGLASS RESIN OF THE COWLING CAUSING HEAT DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL FORWARD PRODUCTS AND ACCESSORIES.

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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