# Accident 20160222004569A: Piper PA-28-151, Saint Augustine, FL, February 22, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2016, 20:15 local time
- Place: Saint Augustine, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: JUFS
- Location: 29.9592° N, 81.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9592&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41618, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 895 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160222004569A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 22 APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL TIME INSTRUCTOR PILOT LANDED WITH  STUDENT ON RUNWAY 13, SAINT AUGUSTINE (SGJ).  THEY WERE RETURNING FROM A TRAINING FLIGHT IN N41618.  UPON TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY THEY NOTICED THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED.  INSTRUCTOR INFORMED ATC THAT THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY AND WOULD CALL THEM WHEN READY TO TAXI.  INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE AIRPLANE.  AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE STUDENT NOTICED SMOKE FROM NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  INSTRUCTOR QUICKLY TURNED EVERYTHING OFF AND STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  INSTRUCTOR CALLED 911 AND INFORMED THEM OF THE EMERGENCY.  THERE WAS NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN THE AIRPLANE.  THE FIRST EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO ARRIVE WAS A POLICEMAN WITH A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH HE QUICKLY USED; BY THIS TIME THE ENGINE HAD BEEN BURNING FOR 10-15 MINUTES.  WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THEY PUT THE SMALL REMAINING FIRE OUT.  NEITHER ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WAS INJURED IN THE EVENT.

## 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 ERA16LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA119), Feb 22, 2016: Piper PA28 151 (N41618), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's overpriming of the engine during start, which resulted in a carburetor fire. Contributing to the severity of accident was the flight instructor's failure to follow the Pilot…

## Other reports on N41618 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740602014169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740602014169A), Jun 2, 1974: Piper PA28151 (N41618), Corapeake, NC, Substantial damage. Landing strip was a mowed field. Ldg gr hit canal,sheared gr.

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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