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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Chesterfield, SC · March 15, 1981

Date: March 15, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place: Chesterfield, SC
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3321T
Reported as: Cessna 177
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3321TRegistered now · Cessna 177S/N 17700621 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 177 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Enroute pilot smelled smoke and saw fire in aft part of aircraft. Emergency landing. Battery burned. No battery lid

As the FAA filed it

ENROUTE PILOT SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW FIRE IN AFT PART OF AIRCRAFT. EMERGENCY LANDING. BATTERY BURNED. NO BATTERY LID