# Incident 20070709016489I: Piper PA28161, Chandler, AZ, July 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2007, 10:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2148Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2148Y-2018-08-17) (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: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709016489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT FLYING ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. FLEW FIRST LANDING AND SLOWED RAPIDLY ON RWY 22R TO MAKE TAXIWAY K TURNOFF. ENGINE QUIT AS AIRCRAFT DECELERATED RAPIDLY, BUT PILOT HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO ROLL ONTO TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT ON THE HOLD LINE, AND STUDENT PROCEEDED TO RESTART ENGINE. AFTER AN EXTENDED TIME OF CRANKING STARTER, HIS CFI (WHO WAS STANDING ON THE RAMP TO OBSERVE HIS STUDENT'S LANDINGS) CALLED CHANDLER TOWER TO HAVE THEM CONTACT STUDENT. HE ASKED THAT THEY TELL THE STUDENT TO STOP CRANKING THE STARTER, WHEN HE HEARD A "POOF...POOFF" SOUND, AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM ENGINE COWLING. CFI THEN ASKED TOWER TO TELL THE STUDENT TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AS IT WAS ON FIRE. THE TOWER CONTACTED THE STUDENT, WHO IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. SEVERAL BYSTANDERS ATTEMPTED TO PUT FIRE OUT WITH EXTINGUISHERS, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO PUT FLAMES OUT ONCE THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE STUDENT WAS NOT INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT INCURRED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N2148Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19980719031109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980719031109A), Jul 19, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N2148Y), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. (.4) The student pilot was practicing touch-an-go landings. During he takeoff, he pitched forward to obtain ground effect and the aircraft veered off to the…

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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