# Incident 20050919026629I: Piper PA28161, Chandler, AZ, September 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2005, 08:27 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HQ8S
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4121T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4121T) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 44 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050919026629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT AND AFTER LANDING AND DURING ROLLOUT, ENGINE FAILED. STUDENT ROLLED OFF RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED ENGINE RESTART, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE. STUDENT PERFORMED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. ASSISTANCE ARRIVED TO AID WITH FIRE. POST INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO CARBURETOR, ALTERNATOR, BAFFLING, AND SOME HOSES. CARBURETOR HAD BEEN REPLACED ON 9/17/2005. AIRWORTHINESS ISSUE REFERRED TO PMI.

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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