# Incident 20020118006479I: Piper PA28161, Grand Forks, ND, January 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245ND (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 371 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020118006479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01-18-2002 AT 1500 CST, A PA-28-161, N245ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY JEFFREY SLIVKOFF CAUGHT FIRE DURING AN ENGINE START WHILE ATTEMPTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/PIC HE OVERPRIMED THE ENGINE SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE, SECURED AIRCRAFT BY TURNING ALL SWITCHES OFF, SHUTTING OFF MIXTURE, THROTTLE, AND FUEL SELECTOR BEFORE EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIS STUDENT. HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH HAD BEEN ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY LINE PERSONNEL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING COWLING, WIRING.

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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