# Incident 20010217005889I: Piper PA28151, Pompano Beach, FL, February 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XPTS
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32056, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32056) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 217 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217005889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CARBURETOR FIRE OCCURRED DURING THE SECOND ATTEMPT OF STARTING THE ENGINE, THE FIRE WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY EXCESS RAW FUEL REMAINING IN CARBURETOR AFTER FIRST ATTEMPTED START.

## Other reports on N32056 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940408000129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940408000129A), Apr 8, 1994: Piper PA28151 (N32056), Baco Raton, FL, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control landing. CFI took over too late. Ran off runway and struck a sign.

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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