# Incident 20160603008539I: Piper PA-28-161, San Diego, CA, June 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91630, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91630) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160603008539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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