FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Winnfield, LA · November 11, 1979
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While attempting to start aircraft, fire broke out in cowling then consumed cockpit. Starter system overheated.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START AIRCRAFT, FIRE BROKE OUT IN COWLING THEN CONSUMED COCKPIT. STARTER SYSTEM OVERHEATED.