# Incident 20030914023999I: Piper PA28160, Union, SC, September 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: Union, SC
- Airport: Union Co/Shelton Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7234° N, 81.6249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Union, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7234&lon=-81.6249&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5467W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5467W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030914023999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AFTER LANDING THE ENGINE SPUTTERED THEN QUIT, A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND CRASH FIRE AND RESCUE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. EXAMINATION BY AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DISCLOSED THE CARBURETOR HAD POSSIBLY FLOODED DURING THE RESTART CAUSING THE FIRE. A REPLACEMENT CARBURETOR WAS INSTALLED, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED NORMALLY, NO FURTHER MALFUNCTION WAS NOTED.

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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