# Incident 20020704019189I: Piper PA28161, Lumberton, NJ, July 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2002, 21:40 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Airport: Flying W Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9343° N, 74.8072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING W (N14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9343&lon=-74.8072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3487Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3487Q) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020704019189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT WHICH UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT. THE CFI ATTEMPTED A RESTART. THE PILOT STATED, "WHILE ATTEMPTING A"HOT START" THE ENGINE BACKFIRED, I CONTINUED TO CRANK THE ENGINE, AND AT THE TIME I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWLING AND ASSUMED WE HAD A FIRE. WE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND RAMP PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE." INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT PILOT UTILIZED IMPROPER HOT START PROCEDURES. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY THE ASSISTANT CHIEF INSTRUCTOR IN THE HOT START PROCEDURES PER THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH). THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3487Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19980907045469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980907045469I), Sep 7, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N3487Q), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-5) Pvt pilot anne a. keen was practicing touch and go's in aircraft N3487Q on runway 24, when a front passed through the area and wind changed to 340/35KTS…

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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