# Incident 20111216028629I: Piper PA-28-161, Merritt Island, FL, December 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2011, 17:30 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601FT) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111216028629I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (ATQA WOULD NOT PULL UP CORRECT AIRMAN) STUDENT LANDED FOR FULL STOP DURING SOLO FLIGHT. ENGINE COUGHED, STUDENT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE, FUEL PUMP ON. ENGINE QUIT. AT THIS POINT  STUDENT SAW SMOKE AND EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE ITEMS LEFT AS IS. FIRE BURNED ENGINE COMPARTMENT. GROUND PERSONNEL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS NOT USED. I NOTICED THE PRIMER PLUNGER WAS UNLOCKED AND ALMOST FULLY OUT. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N601FT (3)

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

- [Accident 20160629020919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160629020919A), Jun 29, 2016: Piper PA-28-161 (N601FT), Merrit Island, FL, Substantial damage. On June 29, 2016 around 1:00PM a flight school aircraft with a flight instructor and student pilot where performing local pattern flying during landing on roll…
- [Incident 20110804018289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110804018289I), Aug 4, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N601FT), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. An aircraft affiliated with orlando flight training (aca) in merritt island on an instruction flight, performing full stop/taxi back at the tico airport in…
- [Incident 20051212030279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212030279I), Dec 12, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N601FT), Melbourne, FL. (-23) Was performing basic maneuvers over practice area bravo, NE of Melbourne. When recovering from a power off stall engine started to lose power, student…

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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