# Incident 20000826027759I: Piper PA28161, Jacksonville, FL, August 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44930, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44930-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826027759I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC STALLED ENGINE ON GROUND AND OVERPRIMED CARB FIRING RESTART. UPON RESTART A FIRE STARTED IN THE AIRBOX AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CARB, AIRBOX, INDUCTION HOSE AND LOWER ENGINE COWL.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N44930 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990603039609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990603039609I), Jun 3, 1999: Piper PA28161 (N44930), Bunnell, FL, Minor damage. After touchdown engine stalled and when pilot attempted re-start engine backfire and caught fire. Fire extinguished after on minute causing minor dmaage to…

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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