# Accident 20130619009429A: Piper PA-32-301T, Lansing, MI, June 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2013, 14:18 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital Region International A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7900° N, 84.5900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7900&lon=-84.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4296T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4296T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 189 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130619009429A

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 1430 EDT ON JUNE 19, 2013, THE SOLE OCCUPANT PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF A PIPER PA32-301T SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE N4296T, TAXIED THE AIRPLANE OVER 6000 FEET FROM A LOCAL FBO TO THE APPROACH END OF CAPITAL REGION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLAN) RUNWAY 28L.   THE PILOT STATED HE HAD FELT THE NEED FOR MORE POWER TO MAINTAIN TAXI SPEED AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE BEFORE TAXIING THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS PARTIALLY SET.   ONCE HE WAS AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE, HE CONTACTED ATCT AND OBTAINED PERMISSION TO SHUT THE ENGINE  DOWN AND EXIT TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT.   WITHIN MINUTES HE NOTED A FLAME COMING FROM THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL FAIRING AT THE BASE OF THE LEFT MAIN TIRE.  THE PILOT STATED HE EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES WITH HIS HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND THEN EXTINGUISHED A FLAME FORMING ON THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL.   SEEING GROWING SMOKE COMING FROM BENEATH BOTH WHEEL PANTS, HE CONTACTED ATCT FOR HELP.   THE PILOT RAN CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A FIRE FORMED AGAIN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, ENGULFING BOTH WHEEL PANTS AND BURNING THROUGH THE METAL WINGS AND FLAPS.  THE AIRPORT FIRE UNITS ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA365), Jun 19, 2013: Piper PA-32-301T (N4296T), Lansing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow the airplane checklist, which resulted in the parking brake not being released before taxi and a subsequent brake 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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