# Accident 20221230019379A: Foutz Robert V COZY MARK IV, Dublin, VA, December 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2022, 15:25 local time
- Place: Dublin, VA
- Airport: New River Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1373° N, 80.6785° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1373&lon=-80.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121-2023-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Foutz Robert V COZY MARK IV (registry code 05637LG, https://openairdocs.org/model/foutz-robert-v-cozy-mark-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YIO-360 EXP (registry code 41710, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-360-exp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOUTZ ROBERT V COZY MARK IV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-360 EXP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,528 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221230019379A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING DURING TAXI TO THE HANGAR THE ENGINE STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE VENTILATION DUCTS. THE PILOT TURNED OFF FUEL, IGNITION AND, ELECTRICAL, THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO INSPECT. THE PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWLING, HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE COWLING IGNITED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 ERA23LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA100), Dec 30, 2022: Foutz Robert V Cozy Mark IV (N121), Dublin, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: A fire of undetermined origin during an attempted engine restart while taxiing.

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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