# Incident 20190604005889I: Piper PA-28-161, Prescott, AZ, June 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2019, 11:42 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8391S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8391S) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190604005889I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO START HOT ENGINE.  THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS WERE MADE USING HOT START PROCEDURE.   ENGINE STALLED AFTER FIRST START ATTEMPT AND BACKFIRED DURING SECOND ATTEMPT.  THE THIRD ATTEMPT USED FLOODED ENGINE PROCEDURE.  AFTER 20 SECONDS OR SO OF THIRD ATTEMPT FIRE WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF LEFT HAD SIDE OF ENGINE COWLING. FIRE TRUCK WAS SUMMONED AND EXTINGUISHED FIRE.  THE CARB HEAT SIDE OF THE AIR BOX WAS MELTED WITH DAMAGE TO ENGINE HOSES AND WIRES.  FIBERGLASS PORTIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER COWLING WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N8391S (4)

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

- [Incident 19910922047659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922047659I), Sep 22, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N8391S), Rochester, NY. Pilot smelled electrical smoke in cockpit en route. Landed without incident.
- [Incident 19901207064099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901207064099I), Dec 7, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N8391S), Rye, NY, Minor damage. Engine vibrating. Shut down and landed in parking lot. Oil pressure line to cooler had burst.
- [Incident 19860409038019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860409038019I), Apr 9, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N8391S), Teterboro, NJ. Pilot proceeded across active runway after ATC instructions to hold short. Mistook ATC phraseology.
- [Accident 19810720043519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810720043519A), Jul 20, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N8391S), Salvo, NC, Substantial damage. Struck a power pole while making landing on a road on unauthorized solo crosscountry flight.

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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