# Incident 20151030020649I: Piper PA-28-180, Hasskel, OK, October 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2015, 16:40 local time
- Place: Hasskel, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N482P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N482P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 74 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151030020649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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