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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Vero Beach, FL · April 7, 2011

Date
April 7, 2011 · 11:00 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
ECPS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9203B
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
43 total43 in this make and model23 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.

The solo-instruction student pilot landed on runway 11R and was taxiing back to the school ramp, when the engine reportedly started to idle rough and shut down as the airplane turned onto taxiway a.the student reported that she made two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine. She subsequently observed smoke from the engine area, as she contacted school dispatch for assistance. She then exited the aircraft after ensuring the mixture was in the idle cutoff position. The acft engine and engine cowl sustained fire damage before the fire was extinguished by ground personnel.

As the FAA filed it

THE SOLO-INSTRUCTION STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 11R AND WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE SCHOOL RAMP, WHEN THE ENGINE REPORTEDLY STARTED TO IDLE ROUGH AND SHUT DOWN AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY A.THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT SHE MADE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE AREA, AS SHE CONTACTED SCHOOL DISPATCH FOR ASSISTANCE. SHE THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ENSURING THE MIXTURE WAS IN THE IDLE CUTOFF POSITION.THE ACFT ENGINE AND ENGINE COWL SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE BEFORE THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY GROUND PERSONNEL.