# Incident 19811025082629I: Cessna 150G, Pound, WI, October 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Pound, WI
- Airport: Patz
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1297° N, 88.1648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Patz Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1297&lon=-88.1648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3256J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,571 total, 275 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811025082629I

## Narrative

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

ZA BATTERY RELAY WIRE SHORTED TO UNGROUNDED ENGINE. BATTERY LOCATED BY STC SA 572 CE REVISION. M OR D SUBMITTED.

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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