- Date
- August 5, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brainerd, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43745Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820805060799A
- Case key
- 70019
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While on the landing roll, the engine quit operating and the pilot turned off onto a taxiway. He then attempted to restart the hot engine. During this time, smoke began coming from under the engine cowling. The pilot exited from the aircraft and noted a small fire (flames) in the lower part of the engine. No fire extinguisher was readily available, so the fire just burned itself out, but substantial damage occurred. And investigation revealed fire damage on the right side near the exhaust manifold, but no leaks or broken fuel lines were found. The possibility of flooding the carburetor was considered, but this was not verified. However, the carburetor float level was found to be 1/64 of an inch low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43745
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78-16020
- Airframe hours
- 1,939
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thunderbird Aviation
- Registered owner
- Thunderbird Aviation
- Departed
- Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- Brainard, MN
- Airport
- BRD · East Gull, runway 9, 2,600 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.