- Date
- April 25, 1988, 19:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place
- Hialeah, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N47966Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880425020849A
- Case key
- 32175
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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
Engine stalled during landing roll. During attempts to restart engine pilot flooded it. The engine backfired and the excess fuel in the carburetor caught fire. The pilot did not motor the engine in time to draw the flames into the engine and the fire spread destroying the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47966
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7816172
- Airframe hours
- 3,878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- International Air Services,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1987 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Airport
- X46 · Opa Locka West, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 955 total · 152 in this make and model · 823 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.