# Incident 20060114000859I: Piper PA28181, Phoenix, AZ, January 14, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2006
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297PA-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060114000859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING RETURN FROM PRACTICE AREA AFTER APPROXIMATELY .7 HOUR FLIGHT TIME, THE STUDENT NOTICED AN ODOR OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN WHILE ON DOWN WIND LEG FOR LANDING. FOLLOWING A NORMAL APPROACH THE STUDENT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE MUFFLER HAD SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE RESULTING IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF EXTENSIVE CHARRING/BURNING OF NUMEROUS ENGINE ACCESSORY ATTACH BRACKETS, A HOLE BURNED IN LOWER FRONT SECTION OF THE FIBERGLASS COWLING, CHARRING OF THE FIRE SLEEVES ON BOTH OIL LINES, AND THE COMPLETE MELTING OF THE BACK OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CASE.

## Other reports on N297PA (2)

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

- [Accident 20180401003239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180401003239A), Apr 1, 2018: Piper PA-28-181 (N297PA), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft was on final to 7L at kdvt with the student at the controls. The instructor reported the winds were from the south at 12 knots gusting to 18…
- [Incident 20101107050791I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101107050791I), Nov 7, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N297PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On November 07, 2010 around 0845 MST, N297PA, Piper PA28-181 struck the right wing tip to a propeller spinner of a parked aircraft. This aircraft sustained…

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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