# Incident 20020618015139I: Piper PA28151, Mesa, AZ, June 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2002, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33439, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33439) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618015139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2002 AT 1145 MST, PIPER PA 28-151, N33439 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE RAMP DURING ENGINE HOT START. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE MAINTENANCE CREW.

## Other reports on N33439 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860120015379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860120015379I), Jan 20, 1986: Piper PA28151 (N33439), Tucson, AZ. Misunderstood ATC instruction to contact clearance delivery. Taxied across runway without clearance.

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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