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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · San Diego, CA · June 3, 2016

Date
June 3, 2016 · 18:00 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Montgomery Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N91630
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total70 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After a normal 3/4 hour flight the aircraft landed at myf. No sign of engine roughness overheating or anything out of normal operation. Upon exiting the runway with engine at 1000 RPM the engine shut down and the aircraft coasted to the side of the taxi way. Pilot informed ground control and attempted to a restart the engine. The engine cranked but it never restarted. Upon seeing grey smoke rise from the cowling the pilot shut off the fuel and electrical power and exited the aircraft. Near by witness had already brought over a fire extinguisher which was used to put out the fire. Aircraft towed to parking area.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER A NORMAL 3/4 HOUR FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MYF. NO SIGN OF ENGINE ROUGHNESS OVERHEATING OR ANYTHING OUT OF NORMAL OPERATION. UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY WITH ENGINE AT 1000 RPM THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE TAXI WAY. PILOT INFORMED GROUND CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO A RESTART THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE CRANKED BUT IT NEVER RESTARTED. UPON SEEING GREY SMOKE RISE FROM THE COWLING THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NEAR BY WITNESS HAD ALREADY BROUGHT OVER A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH WAS USED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO PARKING AREA.