What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Airplane is susceptible to over-priming. privacy data omitted Has placed a label above primer that indicated ½ pump only do not over prime. This label was very faded and not legible. Instructor pilot accomplished normal priming which resulted in carburetor fire during start.
Instructor pilot initiated emergency response to carburetor fire during start by closing mixture to cutoff and continuing to motor engine to suck fire back into caruretor, extinguishing fire.
Airplane determined to be airworthy prior to incident. Occurrence determined to be minor damage classified as an incident iaw 49 CFR part 830 and FAA policy.
As the FAA filed it
AIRPLANE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OVER-PRIMING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS PLACED A LABEL ABOVE PRIMER THAT INDICATED ½ PUMP ONLY DO NOT OVER PRIME. THIS LABEL WAS VERY FADED AND NOT LEGIBLE. INSTRUCTOR PILOT ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL PRIMING WHICH RESULTED IN CARBURETOR FIRE DURING START.
INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CARBURETOR FIRE DURING START BY CLOSING MIXTURE TO CUTOFF AND CONTINUING TO MOTOR ENGINE TO SUCK FIRE BACK INTO CARURETOR, EXTINGUISHING FIRE.
AIRPLANE DETERMINED TO BE AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO INCIDENT. OCCURRENCE DETERMINED TO BE MINOR DAMAGE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT IAW 49 CFR PART 830 AND FAA POLICY.
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