# Incident 20130513009179I: Piper PA-28-161, Lake Wales, FL, May 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OFPS
- Location: 27.9164° N, 81.5490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE WALES (FA45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9164&lon=-81.5490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N742RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N742RA-2015-11-04) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 109 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130513009179I

## Narrative

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

INSTUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. A LANDING WAS MADE AT LAKE WALES AIRPORT(X07) AND AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. DURING THE ATTEMPED RESTART THE PILOT SMELLED BURING AND NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE COWLING AND THEN FLAMES. THE PILOT UNSUCCESSFULY ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE LAKE WALES FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED 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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