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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Van Nuys, CA · November 17, 2010

Date
November 17, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8461F
Reported as
Piper PA-28-151
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Prior to taxi the engine caught fire. The pilot shut down the aircraft and extinguished the fire.

As the FAA filed it

PRIOR TO TAXI THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.