# Incident 20120515028829I: Piper PA-28-235, Moses Lake, WA, May 15, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2012, 20:15 local time
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1279° N, 119.2764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moses Lake, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1279&lon=-119.2764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9299W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9299W-2014-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120515028829I

## Narrative

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

POWERPLANT QUIT ON ROLL OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED.  PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A RESTART WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING.  HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE COWLING.  THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE COCKPIT AND THE PILOT ONLY HAD TIME TO RETRIEVE LOGS AND PERSONL ITEMS IN THE FRONT SEAT.  PILOT WAS UNSURE OF THE POSITION OF THE FUEL BOOST PUMP AFTER LANDING.  IGNITION SOURCE IS UNKNOWN.  FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE AIR FILTER CONTAINER.  ENGINE ROTATED OKAY BY HAND.  IT APPEARS THAT THE ENGINE QUIT WITH THE BOOST PUMP ON AND THE BOOST PUMP CONTINUED TO FEED FUEL TO THE FIRE SPREADING TO THE CABIN THROUGH THE CABIN HEAT SYSTEM.

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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