# Incident 20080111000399I: Piper PA32RT300T, Fort Scott, KS, January 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2008, 20:30 local time
- Place: Fort Scott, KS
- Airport: Fort Scott Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7984° N, 94.7694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SCOTT MUNI (FSK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7984&lon=-94.7694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122DM-2013-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 960 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080111000399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 11, 2008 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND SOLE OCCUPANT DEPARTED THE FORT SCOTT, KS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 LOCAL DESTINED TO SALINA, KS. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, DURING THE CLIMBOUT SEGMENT OF THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED FLAMES COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE COWLING VENTS. THE PILOT INITIATED ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES AND WAS ABLE TO EXECUTE A POWER OFF RETURN LANDING TO THE FORT SCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ROLL OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO A TAXIWAY WHERE THE PILOT EGRESSED FROM AIRCRAFT. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND THE FIRE UNDER ENGINE COWL WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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