- Date
- November 4, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Milford, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2222RPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831104056389A
- Case key
- 35462
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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.
Fire
Miscellaneous - fireCause
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that as he was starting the engine, fire broke out. He attempted to put out the fire with on-board extinguishers, but failed. The acft was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2222R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1-26165-36A
- Airframe hours
- 1,134
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D. M. Bachmann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1983
- Departed
- New Milford, CT
- Airport
- 11N · Candlelight Farms, runway 17, 2,100 × 300 ft, grass/turf
N2222RRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 99 in this make and model · 149 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.