# Accident 20151024018599A: Piper PA-28-235, Winneconne, WI, October 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2015, 15:15 local time
- Place: Winneconne, WI
- Airport: Courtney Plummer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1069° N, 88.6839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1069&lon=-88.6839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3979X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3979X-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151024018599A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT EMITTED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COWL ON FINAL APPROACH AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INGULFED IN A GROUND FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA021), Oct 24, 2015: Piper PA 28-235 (N3979X), Winneconne, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: An engine compartment fire during landing, which resulted in extensive fire damage, for reasons that could not be determined during examinations of the remaining wreckage.

## Other reports on N3979X (1)

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

- [Incident 20071212831019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071212831019I), Dec 12, 2007: Piper PA28235 (N3979X), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] moved by hand the propeller of Piper PA-28-235, N3979X, at Aurora Municipal Airport, Aurora, Illinois, at 1242 CST,…

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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