# Incident 20170825012369I: Piper PA-28-161, Palatka, FL, August 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2017, 09:00 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6581° N, 81.6894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6581&lon=-81.6894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84175, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84175) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170825012369I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AT THE PALATKA AIRPORT (28J THE CREW OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART ENGINE, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED THE CREW AND A PASSENGER TO EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

A WORKING FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN AIRCRAFT.

AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH AN FBO EXTINGUISHER.

FIRE DAMAGE LIMITED TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ENGINE COMPONENTS, AND THE FIBERGLASS COWLING.

## 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 ERA17CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA295), Aug 25, 2017: Piper PA 28-161 (N84175), Palatka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's overpriming of the engine and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an engine fire.

## Other reports on N84175 (1)

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

- [Incident 19921111050519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921111050519I), Nov 11, 1992: Piper PA28161 (N84175), Fallbrook, CA, Minor damage. Pilot departed end of runway on landing rollout.

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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