# Incident 20211123023169I: Piper PA-28-140, Denton, TX, November 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2021, 15:21 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8265N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8265N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211123023169I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1457 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM GRAHAM-CLARK AIRPORT (PLK) WITH A DESTINATION OF DENTON ENTERPRISE AIRPORT (DTO). ABOUT FIVE MILES OUT FROM THE AIRPORT THE PILOT BEGAN SMELLING SMOKE AND DECIDED TO CLOSE THE FLOOR VENTS TO LIMIT THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  AFTER LANDING THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR WAS TAXING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE FBO WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT TOLD THE TOWER HIS ENGINE WAS POSSIBLY ON FIRE AFTER SMELLING SMOKE AND UNABLE TO RESTART ON THE TAXIWAY.  AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE FIREFIGHTERS WERE DISPATCHED.  THEY PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND REVEALED NO FIRE AND NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR.  MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS DETERMINED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD MINOR HEAT DAMAGE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED  BY FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET OUTSIDE THE HANGAR BY THE TECHNICIANS BY REQUEST OF OWNER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR HAD HIS MECHANIC INSPECT AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO AN AIRWORTHINESS CONDITION AND FLEW IT OUT OF THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.  NTSB WAS NOTIFIED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT "SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT".

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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