# Incident 20230804010189I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Everett, WA, August 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2023, 17:30 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9790° N, 122.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everett, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9790&lon=-122.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 23 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230804010189I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 4, 2023, AFTER HAVING FLOWN 3 CIRCUITS IN THE PATTERN AT PAINE FIELD, GRUMMAN AA5B AIRCRAFT, LANDED, AND TAXIED TO TIEDOWN SPOT C-148 AT PAINE FIELD TO DROP OFF 1 PASSENGER AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, USING HOT ENGINE PROCEDURES, IN ORDER TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO A HANGAR LOCATED ON ANOTHER PART OF PAINE FIELD.  THE ENGINE PROCEEDED TO CRANK, BUT DID NOT START.  PIC THEN PRIMED THE ENGINE AND WAITED TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER START.  ON SECOND ATTEMPT, ENGINE DID NOT START.  PIC WAS WAITING FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE WHEN HE NOTED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE ESCAPING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING.  UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, PIC NOTED FLAMES ORIGINATING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING.  PIC ATTEMPTED A THIRD ENGINE START UNSUCCESSFULLY.  WITH SMOKE APPEARING TO WORSEN, PIC TURNED OFF MASTER, REMOVED KEY, AND AS FIRE GREW, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED 911.  PAINE FIELD OPERATIONS & FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE ENGINE FIRE.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, WINDSHIELD, AND COCKPIT AVIONICS.

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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