# Incident 20031020031409I: Piper PA44180, Stockton, CA, October 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2003, 14:13 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N274ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N274ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 19 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031020031409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A COMMERCIAL MULTIENGINE PRACTICAL TEST INCLUDING INSTRUMENT, THE DPE INSTRUCTED THE APPLICANT, MR. HAN, TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING AT STOCKTON AIRPORT (SCK). AFTER LANDING ON 29L, THEY TAXIED TO THE FUEL ISLAND, AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES, MR. HAN ATTEMPTED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS. THINKING THE ENGINE MAY STILL BE HOT, HE ATTEMPTED A HOT START PROCEDURE WITH NO SUCCESS. TO CONSERVE BATTERY POWER, HE STARTED THE RIGHT ENGINE. HE LET THE LEFT ENGINE SET, WITH THROTTLE WIDE OPEN, FOR APPROX. 5 MINUTES AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE USING NORMAL START PROCEDURES AND AT THAT POINT, NOTICED SMOKE EMANATING FROM UNDER THE TOP COWL. STOCKTON GROUND CONTROL WAS CONTACTED, A FIRE TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH FOAM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N274ER (1)

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

- [Accident 20071114827039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071114827039A), Nov 14, 2007: Piper PA44180 (N274ER), Byron, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The main landing gear trunnions showed signs of improper maintenance. No new grease was in the trunnion bushings, maintenance did not follow proper…

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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