# Incident 20060928019619I: Piper PA28161, Atwater, CA, September 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YMOS
- Location: 37.3507° N, 120.5943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atwater, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3507&lon=-120.5943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47389, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47389-2017-04-18) (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: 400 total, 3 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060928019619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED. WHILE ON THE RUNWAY, A RESTART WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT SUCCESS. AFTER PUMPING THE THROTTLE A FEW TIMES (2 OR 5 TIMES) THE ENGINE TRIED TO START BUT BACK FIRED CAUSING A FIRE TO INITIATE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE GROUND CREW EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DID NOT REVEAL THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WHICH LEADS TO POSSIBLE IMPROPER ENGINE STARTING PROCEDURES. THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NOTED ON THE AIRCRAFT'S FIREWALL.

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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