# Accident 20000821010379A: Piper PA32300, North Platte, NE, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1262° N, 100.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1262&lon=-100.6837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4256R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821010379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXT FOR FLIGHT, THE PILOT FELT THE AIRCRAFT NEEDED MORE POWER TO MOVE. AFTER LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER SHUT DOWN, THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT TO SURVEY THE PROBLEM.  OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LANDING GEAR BRAKE AREA.  AFTER A SHORT AMOUNT TIME, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKES BECAME ENGULFED IN FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED A SHORT TIME LATER AFTER CUASING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURIED.

## 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 CHI00LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA267), Aug 21, 2000: Piper PA-32-300 (N4256R), North Platte, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the brake fire while taxiing for undetermined reasons.

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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