# Incident 20041104028759I: Piper PA31P, Fort Huachuca-S, AZ, November 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2004, 21:39 local time
- Place: Fort Huachuca-S, AZ
- Airport: Libby Aaf - Sierra Vista Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 31.5633° N, 110.3343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Huachuca, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5633&lon=-110.3343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N651SC-2017-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041104028759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 04, 2004, AROUND 2139 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, PIPER PA-31P, N651SC, LANDED AT THE FORT HAUCHUCA AIRPORT IN ARIZONA. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SECURE THE AUXILIARY BOOST PUMP IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT TRIED RESTARTING THE ENGINE AND THE FUEL CAUGHT FIRE BENEATH THE ENGINE NACELLE. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND CREW WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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