# Incident 20130928019389I: Piper PA-28-161, Bedford, MA, September 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2013, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28381, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28381) (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: 2,200 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130928019389I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND AST. CHIEF INSTRUCTOR WERE CONDUCTING ANNUAL PROFICIENCY CHECK. AFTER ABOUT 0.7 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME IN THE PRACTICE AREA, THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS. ON ROLL-OUT OF THE FIRST LANDING, A PLANNED STOP & GO, THE ENGINE QUIT WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY ABOUT 2,000 PAST THE THRESHOLD. THE INSTRUCTORS TRIED TO RESTART USING THE WARM-ENGINE PROCEDURES, AND NOTICED WHITE BILLOWING SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWLING, PRIMARILY THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COWLING. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY DARKER SMOKE AND FLAMES. THE INSTRUCTORS CALLED ATC, ADVISING THEY WERE ON FIRE AND EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT. THEY EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE AND AWAITED FIRE & RESCUE, WHO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE CARBURETOR BOX AND LOWER COWLING AND THAT IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE CARBURETOR NEEDLE VALVE WAS STUCK OPEN.

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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