# Incident 20100212029229I: Piper PA-34200, Watkins, CO, February 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2010, 10:15 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: U51S
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1533E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1533E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 147 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100212029229I

## Narrative

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

TAXING FOR DEPARTURE ON TRAINING FLIGHT.  DURING TAXI NOTED ACRID SMELL IN AIRCRAFT AFTER HEATER WAS TURNED ON.  JUST PRIOR TO REACHING GROUND CONTROL LINE, NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE PILOTS SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN.  PILOTS EXITED AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF NOSE WHEEL WELL.  NOSE COWL WAS OPENED AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS USED TO PUT OUT FIRE IN NOSE COMPARTMENT.  SUSPECT BATTERY AND OR BATTERY WIRING INITIATED THE FIRE IN THE COMPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N1533E (2)

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

- [Incident 20051212028529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212028529I), Dec 12, 2005: Piper PA34200 (N1533E), Avoca, PA. (-23) While enroute from northeast philadelphia (pne) to williamsport, PA (ipt), the pilot observed a large amount of oil seeping from the left engine cowling.…
- [Incident 19990520015279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990520015279I), May 20, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N1533E), Reading, PA, Minor damage. After landing on runway 36 the nose gear collapsed and the engines abruptly stopped. The aircraft skidded for several hundred yards. The pilot used…

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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