# NTSB CEN16WA400: Piper PA-28-161, Sevilla, Spain, September 9, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 9, 2016
- Place: Sevilla, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96217
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA400
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96217/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA400

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 9, 2017, at 1918 local time, a Piper PA-28-161, Spanish registration EC-JCI, had a brake failure while taxiing at Sevilla Airport, Sevilla, Spain. There were no injuries to the private pilot and one passenger, The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to Real Aeroclub de Sevilla. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from Sevilla Airport. The airplane departed the taxiway as a result of the brake failure. There was a fire on the right main landing gear and wing. The accident is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Spanish government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comision de Inestigation de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Civil, ciaiac@fomento.es, +34 91 5978900.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-JCI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8316044
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LEZL, Sevilla
- Destination: LEZL, Sevilla
- Airport: Sevilla
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Observed at: LEZL

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.

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