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Aviation accident ERA17CA295
NONE · PIPER PA 28-161 · 2017-08-25 · Palatka, FL, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ERA17CA295- Event ID
20170825X41235- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2017-08-25
- Location
- Palatka, FL, USA
- Coordinates
- 29.658056, -81.689445
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 3
- Total aboard
- 3
Aircraft
- Make
- PIPER
- Model
- PA 28-161
- Registration
- N84175
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The student pilot's overpriming of the engine and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an engine fire.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown