# Incident 20140819014839I: Piper PA-28-180, Clarion, PA, August 19, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2014, 18:30 local time
- Place: Clarion, PA
- Airport: Clarion County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2249° N, 79.4422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLARION COUNTY (AXQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2249&lon=-79.4422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8099W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8099W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,447 total, 199 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140819014839I

## Narrative

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

N8099W WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 6 AT CLARION COUNTY AIRPORT.  CFI, DETECTED A SLIGHT ENGINE ROUGHNESS AT 400 FEET.  CFI PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT A MAGNETO CHECK WHICH CHECKED FINE.  THE STUDENT, QUICKLY TURNED ON THE CARBURETOR HEAT AND TURNED IT OFF WITHOUT INSTRUCTION FROM THE CFI. THE STUDENT BELIEVED THAT HE SAW SMOKE AND DECLARED AN ENGINE FIRE AS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUTDOWN.  CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND TURNED THE PLANE TO A GRASS FIELD.  CFI AND STUDENT ATTEMPTED A RESTART OF THE ENGINE.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART AND  BEGAN THE SECURE ENGINE CHECKLIST.  CFI LANDED THE AIRPLANE UNDER NO POWER IN FIELD.

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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