<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1687761, September 2019

PA-34 student pilot reported encountering an engine fire while taxiing for takeoff; resulting in the student and instructor evacuating the aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	1687761
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-34-200 Seneca I
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Trainee
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26 Flight Crew Total 272 Flight Crew Type 23
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Regarding the fire incident this morning with aircraft X at ZZZ; here are the facts. I was with my instructor. I was told aircraft X was out of maintenance and assigned to me. Did the pre-flight and everything seemed normal. Pre-flight and final walk around was checked by [instructor]. The plan for this lesson was to practice landings. We taxi to runway xxr; did the run up; after it; we were cleared for takeoff to do a close traffic. Took off; did the first pattern and landed. Exit runway xxr at taxiway X. Then I requested ground control taxi back to runway xxr. When we were holding short runway xxr at taxiway B; I was doing pre-takeoff checklist when I noticed smoke coming from the right engine cowling. Then the first thing I did was kill the right mixture. My instructor saw the smoke and we shut down everything; including fuel selectors; and electrical. We exited the aircraft and stayed away from it. Because it was a fire we acted quickly and couldn't advise ATC.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-34 student pilot reported encountering an engine fire while taxiing for takeoff; resulting in the student and instructor evacuating the aircraft.

Narrative: Regarding the fire incident this morning with Aircraft X at ZZZ; here are the facts. I was with my instructor. I was told Aircraft X was out of maintenance and assigned to me. Did the pre-flight and everything seemed normal. Pre-flight and final walk around was checked by [Instructor]. The plan for this lesson was to practice landings. We taxi to Runway XXR; did the run up; after it; we were cleared for takeoff to do a close traffic. Took off; did the first pattern and landed. Exit Runway XXR at Taxiway X. Then I requested Ground Control taxi back to Runway XXR. When we were holding short Runway XXR at Taxiway B; I was doing pre-takeoff checklist when I noticed smoke coming from the right engine cowling. Then the first thing I did was kill the right mixture. My instructor saw the smoke and we shut down everything; including fuel selectors; and electrical. We exited the aircraft and stayed away from it. Because it was a fire we acted quickly and couldn't advise ATC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.