# Incident 20051016024949I: Piper PA28140, Nebraska City, NE, October 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Nebraska City, NE
- Airport: Nebraska City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6065° N, 95.8667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEBRASKA CITY MUNI (AFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6065&lon=-95.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051016024949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE BACKFIRED DURING START CAUSING THE LEFT EXHAUST STACK TO SEPARATE FROM THE MUFFLER. THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DEFECT AFTER START AND PROCEEDED TO TAKEOFF FROM (AFK). IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STARTED HAVING SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT (AFK) WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE SEPARATION OF THE EXHAUST STACK FROM THE MUFFLER CAUSING AN OVERHEAT CONDITION. THE EXHAUST GASES MELTED THE WIRING AT THE FIREWALL SEAL WHICH CAUSED THE SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. ALL DAMAGE WAS FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL AND CONSISTED OF: THE STARTER SOLENOID AND OIL TEMPERATURE WIRE. NUMEROUS OTHER WIRES HAD HEAT DAMAGE AT THE FIREWALL SEAL. THE PAINT ON THE COWLING WAS SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT NEVER CAUGHT FIRE.

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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