# Incident 20191219018839I: Piper PA-28-161, West Chester, PA, December 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2019, 19:00 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9901° N, 75.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRANDYWINE RGNL (OQN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9901&lon=-75.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83993, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83993) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 356 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191219018839I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/19/2019, A 1981 PA-28-161, N83993, S/N 28-8216007, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE AFTER THE PILOT MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AT THE EXHAUST STACK AND THRU THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE WITH THE HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHERTHAT WAS LOCATED IN THE AIRCRAFT.  FIRE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR WAS FOUND ON THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH BLACK SOOT/FIRE RESIDUE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HEAT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE SCAT TUBING, AND MELTED PLASTIC SPIRAL WRAP AND ENGINE FLUID LINE SLEEVES.

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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