20130124001679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · San Juan, PR · January 24, 2013

Date
January 24, 2013 · 18:40 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
N91A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3279P
Reported as
Piper PA-23-160
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total

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.

After landing and taxing out active runway to non-movement area engine shut down by itself during power reduction. After several attempts to start engine it caught on fire. Fire was extinguished by use of portables hand fire extinguisher.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND TAXING OUT ACTIVE RUNWAY TO NON-MOVEMENT AREA ENGINE SHUT DOWN BY ITSELF DURING POWER REDUCTION. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START ENGINE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY USE OF PORTABLES HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER.