# Incident 20080821844479I: Piper PA28161, Kansas City, MO, August 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2008, 22:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Charles B. Wheeler Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1232° N, 94.5928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1232&lon=-94.5928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40616, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40616-2025-08-25) (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 O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 255 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/20080821844479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AND WHILE TAXIING, THE SAFETY PILOT PASSENGER LEANED THE MIXTURE WHICH INADVERTENTLY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE USING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS COLD AND HOT START TECHNIQUES, THE ENGINE BACKFIRED.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SAW A GLOW (THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE) COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE COWLING.  BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGER CALLED THE TOWER TO REPORT THE FIRE.  THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL.  INCIDENT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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