# Incident 20170428004389I: Piper PA-28-161, Wauchula, FL, April 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2017, 15:50 local time
- Place: Wauchula, FL
- Airport: Wauchula Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: E7XS
- Location: 27.5149° N, 81.8805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUCHULA MUNI (CHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5149&lon=-81.8805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 224 total, 144 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170428004389I

## Narrative

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE NOTICED SMOKE AND SOME FLAMES COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE COWLING WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE. HE AND HIS SAFETY PILOT EXITED THE ACFT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM GROUND PERSONNEL USING ANOTHER FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ON A TIME-BUIDLING FLT AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE ARPT ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WHEN HE WAS ASKED HOW MUCH TIME HAD ELAPSED SINCE THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN FROM THE PRIOR FLT. HE NOTED THAT HE WAS USING THE ACFT CHECKLIST START PROCEDURES AT THE TIME THE FIRE OCCURRED.

EXAMINATION OF PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE OPERATOR DOM REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE AND ACFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE MAGS, CARBURETOR, CONTROL CABLE, HOSES AND WIRING.

## Other reports on N140ND (4)

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

- [Incident 20181219022129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181219022129I), Dec 19, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N140ND), Merritt Island, FL, Minor damage. The student pilot reported the following: she went on her first solo flight after practicing 3 full stop landings with her instructor. During her first solo…
- [Incident 20120602010069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120602010069I), Jun 2, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N140ND), Lake Wales, FL, Minor damage. The student pilot was flying solo at Lake Wales Airport, after landing he heard another pilot reporting himself as being on short final for the active runway,…
- [Accident 20041208032559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041208032559A), Dec 8, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N140ND), Kapolei, HI, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 8, 2004 at approximately 1207 local time, during the landing rollout, aircraft N140ND left wing struck a runway sign. No injuries to the sole…
- [Accident 20000205005059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000205005059A), Feb 5, 2000: Piper PA28161 (N140ND), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was returning from a properly authorized solo cross-country flight. She landed, as directed by tower, with a light, quatering tail-wind…

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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