# Accident 20140709011499A: Piper PA-32-301T, San Antonio, TX, July 9, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2014, 19:20 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1963J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1963J) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,079 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/20140709011499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED ON TAXIWAY NI AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE APPROACH TURN TO RUNWAY 22. SMOKE IN CABIN, EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND TIRE ON FIRE, FIRE COMPANY RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISED FIRE. AIRCRAFT TOW TO CUTTER MAINTENANCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1963J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20231114020169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231114020169I), Nov 14, 2023: Piper PA-32-301T (N1963J), New Bern, NC, Minor damage. Pilot reported to investigators a thumping type noise on approch to ewn. Upon landing he notice the left wing was dropping and considered it to be a flat tire.…
- [Incident 20020829030049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829030049I), Aug 29, 2002: Piper PA32301T (N1963J), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On August 29, 2002 @ 1736 CDT, a Piper PA-32-301T, N1963J, during landing, departed to the left off runway 15, hitting a taxiway light and "ha" reference…

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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