# Incident 20230811019629I: Piper PA-28-161, Spring, TX, August 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2023, 18:40 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2833D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2833D) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230811019629I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/11/2023 AT DWH AROUND 18:30 CST AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED AND EXITED RWY 17R AT "E" TAXIWAY. (STATEMENT FROM CFI AND STUDENT PILOT) THEY WERE PERFORMING LAPS IN THE PATTERN IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AT KDWH, UPON LANDING, THEY EXITED THE RUNWAY WITH THE POWER AT IDLE WHERE THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND CAME TO A STOP, THEY TRIED RESTARTING THE ENGINE WHERE THEY THEN SAW SMOKE APPEARED AND FLAMES AROSE FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THEY SHUT EVERYTHING OFF, EVACUATED AIRPLANE AND STOOD CLEAR OF ANY FLAMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

STATEMENT FROM MECHANICS THAT EXTINGUISHED FIRE. ON 8/11/2023 AT AROUND 18:30 AS THEY WERE GOING BACK TO THE HANGAR X-14 THEY SAW FIRE COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE COWLING AS THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, THEY STOOD AND WATCHED THE PILOTS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS MAINTAINING A GOOD DISTANCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. MECHANICS OBSERVED THE FIRE GROWING SO THEY GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THEIR HANGAR AND JUMPED IN A GOLF CART AND PROCEEDED TO THE AIRCRAFT. ONE MECHANIC TOLD THE OTHER MECHANIC WHERE TO DIRECT THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ,THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, THEY THEN OPENED THE COWLINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE WAS COMPLETELY OUT, THEN THEY CHECKED INSIDE THE CABIN AND CLOSED THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE.

## Other reports on N2833D (2)

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

- [Incident 20100219027549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100219027549I), Feb 19, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N2833D), Lansing, MI, Minor damage. Student pilot attempted to land in gusty conditions on runway 28R. Pilot removed crosswind correction and wheel landed on grass, off the runway. Aircraft…
- [Incident 19881212065709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212065709I), Dec 12, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N2833D), Lansing, MI, Minor damage. Student lost directional control on landing. Veered off side of runway. Minor damage to aircraft.

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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