# Incident 20130830016799I: Piper PA-28-151, Westfield, MA, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 14:30 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8823C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8823C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830016799I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/30/2013, APPROX. 1415 HOURS, N8823C, PIPER PA- 28 WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING THE MOTOR STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 02 AND RUNWAY 33 AT BARNES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BAF) WESTFIELD, MA. 01085. UPON 6 TRIES TO RESTART THE ENGINE IT COUGHED OUT FLAMES AND THEN STARTED TO BURN WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AT THIS TIME THE PIC AND PASSENGER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS COINCIDENTLY WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA CONDUCTING TRAINING AND RESPONDED AND QUICKLY 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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