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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Hasskel, OK · October 30, 2015

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Date
October 30, 2015 · 16:40 local
Place
Hasskel, OK
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N482P
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total74 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days
N482PRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-2728 · Built 1965Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 30, 2015 at approximately 0750 student pilot airman certificate number privacy data omitted was preparing for a solo student flight. privacy data omitted, A Piper 28-180, registration number N482P, serial number 28-2728 was conducting a preflight-engine start on the ramp area, approximately 75 feet from the hanger.

The airman used the aircrafts primer fuel system three (3) times and turned the magneto to the left supplying the high voltage required for ignition/rotation of the aircrafts reciprocating engine. The aircraft?s engine was a Lycoming 0-540 with approximately 5 hours logged on the engine time since major overhauled (tsmoh). The aircrafts propeller, a sensencih model number 76EM8S51, rotated, the engine started, and then the engine stopped. After the engine stopped, airman privacy data omitted heard a backfire noise, then witness smoke and fire coming from the engine cowling panels.

Airman immediately preformed emergency procedures in accordance with his checklist and shut-down the engine. The smoke continued and he exited the airplane and attempted to extinguish the fire with a hand-held fire extinguisher, to no avail. He retrieved and turned on a water hose in a secondary attempt to extinguish the engine fire however, the water hose was to short and did not reach the aircraft. Airman then hand pushed the aircraft toward the water hose until the there was enough length to extinguish the fire.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 30, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 STUDENT PILOT AIRMAN CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PREPARING FOR A SOLO STUDENT FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER 28-180, REGISTRATION NUMBER N482P, SERIAL NUMBER 28-2728 WAS CONDUCTING A PREFLIGHT-ENGINE START ON THE RAMP AREA, APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE HANGER.

THE AIRMAN USED THE AIRCRAFTS PRIMER FUEL SYSTEM THREE (3) TIMES AND TURNED THE MAGNETO TO THE LEFT SUPPLYING THE HIGH VOLTAGE REQUIRED FOR IGNITION/ROTATION OF THE AIRCRAFTS RECIPROCATING ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT?S ENGINE WAS A LYCOMING 0-540 WITH APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS LOGGED ON THE ENGINE TIME SINCE MAJOR OVERHAULED (TSMOH). THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLER, A SENSENCIH MODEL NUMBER 76EM8S51, ROTATED, THE ENGINE STARTED, AND THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED, AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD A BACKFIRE NOISE, THEN WITNESS SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COWLING PANELS.

AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY PREFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS CHECKLIST AND SHUT-DOWN THE ENGINE. THE SMOKE CONTINUED AND HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A HAND-HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER, TO NO AVAIL. HE RETRIEVED AND TURNED ON A WATER HOSE IN A SECONDARY ATTEMPT TO EXTINGUISH THE ENGINE FIRE HOWEVER, THE WATER HOSE WAS TO SHORT AND DID NOT REACH THE AIRCRAFT. AIRMAN THEN HAND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE WATER HOSE UNTIL THE THERE WAS ENOUGH LENGTH TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.