# Incident 20120603011279I: Piper PA-28-161, Kissimmee, FL, June 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OFPS
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148ND-2016-06-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603011279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 33 AND WAS APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF TRAFFIC PATTERN WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIECED A LOUD NOISE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. PILOT MADE AN IMMEDIATE LANDING ON RUNWAY15 AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT NOTICED A LARGE PART OF THE PROPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING AND SMOKE WAS ENTERING THE CABIN. THE PILOT AND STUDENT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS IN FLAMES. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL.THE SEPERATED PROPELLER BLADE PENETRATED THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING DAMAGING THE ENGINE INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM, ALTERNATOR  MOUNT AND CARBURATOR AIR BOX CAUSING THE FIRE.

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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