# NTSB GAA24WA213: Piper PA28, N722KA, Al Khor, Qatar, June 19, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 19, 2024, 14:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place: Al Khor, Qatar
- Coordinates: 25.701596, 51.362617
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7016&lon=51.3626&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA213

## Sequence of events

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

- [Standing-engine(s) start-up: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N722KA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (181)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2890172
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Destination: OTBD, Doha
- Airport: OT62, Um Al Shokot Airport

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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