# Accident 20080807846739A: Piper PA32300, Springfield, IL, August 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2008, 10:44 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1355T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1355T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080807846739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING OPERATIONS PRIOR TO PURCHASE.  PREFIGHT AND RUN-UP WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 36.  AIRCRAFT STOPPED 100 FEET SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WHEN THE PILOT THROTTLED BACK AND THE ENGINE DIED.  SHORTLY AFTER, THE PILOT NOTICED FLAMES ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT AND OVER THE RIGHT WING.  PILOT TURNED OFF THE FUEL PUMP, AND CLOSED THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE AND STARTED CRANKING THE ENGINE.  WHEN THE FIRE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE GOING AWAY HE ORDERED EVERYONE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED "FIRE FIRE FIRE" ON TOWER FREQENCY AND LEFT THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER EXITING, THE FIRE HAD ALREADY GONE OUT.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SCENE REVEALED NO DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY HANGER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1355T (2)

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

- [Incident 19880302012209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880302012209I), Mar 2, 1988: Piper PA32300 (N1355T), Lubbock, TX. Radios started fading out. ATC veered aircraft to VFR weather conditions. Found a broken alternator belt.
- [Accident 19751102038319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751102038319A), Nov 2, 1975: Piper PA32300 (N1355T), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Collided with N9957L,minor dmg.

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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