# Incident 20020721026139I: Piper PA28161, Perry, FL, July 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Perry, FL
- Airport: Perry-Foley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0708° N, 83.5815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-FOLEY (FPY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0708&lon=-83.5815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30732, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30732-2015-12-15) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 45 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020721026139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 21, 2002, AT 12:30 LOCAL TIME, A PA-28-161, N30732, REGISTERED TO SKY TECH INC., DEVELOPED A CARBURETOR FIRE DURING STARTING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR 2 PAX. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 LOCAL TIME.

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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