# Incident 20101012050779I: Piper PA-28-151, Henderson, NV, October 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2010, 07:05 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32744, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32744) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 1 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101012050779I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/12/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 0705 HOURS, PILOT IRINO IROKI BEGAN HIS TAXI TO RWY35L AT HND VIA H AND A AND AFTER ABOUT TWO MINUTES ENGINE STOPPED AND SMOKE BEGAN TO ESCAPE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PILOT AND FRIEND, ^YOSUKE MORI EGRESSED AIRCRAFT AND AWAITED FIRE RESCUE ARRIVAL. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED DURING THIS INCIDENT. AFTER INTERVIEW AND STATEMENT BY PILOT, IT WAS NOTED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY IN INITIAL START OF ENGINE AND OVERPRIMED FUEL SYSTEM PRIOR TO SUCCESSFUL START CAUSING EXCESS FUEL TO DRAIN DOWN INTO CARBURETOR AIR BOX. AFTER A BACKFIRE, UNBURNED FUEL WAS IGNITED IN AIR BOX CAUSING A INTERNAL FIRE AND SMOKE TO CONSUME ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N32744 (2)

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

- [Incident 20081110852739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081110852739I), Nov 10, 2008: Piper PA28151 (N32744), Peach Springs, AZ, No damage. On 11-10-2008, at approximately 13:19 hours PIC [privacy data omitted] inadvertantly landed on the new, yet closed runway 17 at the Grand Canyon West Airport…
- [Accident 19900207001752A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207001752A), Feb 7, 1990: Piper PA28151 (N32744), Lincoln, CA, Substantial damage. On landing roll another aircraft N67321 landed on top of his aircraft. N67321 was warned of landing traffic.

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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