# Incident 20040810023669I: Piper PA28161, Riverside, CA, August 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2546U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2546U) (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: 3,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040810023669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS AT RIVERSIDE, CA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE ON THE GROUND. FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED AIRCRAFT FIRE. FLIGHT WAS TERMINATED UNEVENTFULLY.

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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