# Incident 20180724017929I: Piper PA-28-161, Melbourne, FL, July 24, 2018 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 24, 2018, 08:20 local time - Place: Melbourne, FL - Airport: Melbourne International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: ECQS - Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10 - Aircraft: N635FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635FT) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161 - Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 259 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724017929I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AFTER LANDING ON RWY 05. THE ENGINE REPORTEDLY QUIT DURING THE LDG ROLLOUT, AS THE PIC WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TURNING OFF ON TO TAXIWAY ECHO LOCATED AT THE END OF THE RWY. THE FIRE SUBSEQUENTLY OCCURRED AS THE PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE PIC THEN EXITED THE ACFT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A PORTABLE HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE ACFT. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DAMAGE REVEALED THAT FIRE AND HEAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO WIRING AND HOSES IN THE VICINITY ABOVE THE CARB AIRBOX. A CFI RPTD WITNESSING THE ACFT LDG FROM THE RWY 05 APPROACH END RUN UP AREA, WHILE IN ANOTHER ACFT WAITING TO T/O. HE REPORTED THAT N635FT CROSSED OVER THE RWY THRESHOLD AT APPROX 300 FT AGL AND THAT IT DID NOT TOUCH DOWN UNTIL ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE (3000') RWY. THE CFI NOTED THAT THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE FROM 160 DEGREES AT ABOUT 8 KTS. THE SCHOOL CHIEF CFI REPORTED THAT HE LATER REVIEWED ADS-B DATA FOR THE FLT AND FOUND THAT THE ACFT WAS AT 300' AGL AND 103 KTS GRND SPEED WHEN IT CROSSED OVER THE RWY 05 NUMBERS. A REVIEW OF MLB WX OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AROUND THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT WINDS WERE FROM S TO SSE AT 5 TO 7 MPH. ## Other reports on N635FT (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20241108020549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241108020549I), Nov 8, 2024: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. During taxi out on a night flight, the solo student pilot turned the acft onto an arpt access road and the acft struck a stop sign. He then continued on toward… - [Incident 20141203022939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141203022939I), Dec 3, 2014: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. Mlb ATCT report: "Melbourne, FL (mlb): FITT35, PA28, reported a bird strike on approach to rwy 09R. Aircraft landed without incident. Minor damage to right… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.