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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Naples, FL · May 28, 2014

Date
May 28, 2014 · 21:00 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
XO4S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N976AC
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
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
3,365 total132 in the last 90 days

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.

During landing rollout, N976AC engine quit running. After repeated attempts to restart, the engine caught fire, damaging the cowling.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, N976AC ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO RESTART, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, DAMAGING THE COWLING.