# Accident 19741031038489A: Cessna 182P, Chicago, IL, October 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1974
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Meigs Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7248N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7248N-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 42 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEE28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741031038489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRE ORIGINATED IN BATTERY AREA WHILE IN FLIGHT.CAUSE OF IGN UNDTMND.PLT NOTED SMOKE DRG LDG ROLL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI75FEE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEE28), Oct 31, 1974: Cessna 182P (N7248N), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7248N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890405009719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890405009719A), Apr 5, 1989: Cessna 182P (N7248N), Estes Park, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into side of cloud obscured mountain. No record of weather briefing. Pilot en route for atco 135 test.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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