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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207 · Anvik, AK · August 13, 1982

Date
August 13, 1982 · 22:30 local
Place
Anvik, AK
Airport
Anvik
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1717U
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC82IA074
Reported as
Cessna 207
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,800 total2,250 in this make and model176 in the last 90 days

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.

Fluctuating ammeter. Turned off electrics. Sparks and fire behind panel on landing. Used portable fire extinguisher

As the FAA filed it

FLUCTUATING AMMETER. TURNED OFF ELECTRICS. SPARKS AND FIRE BEHIND PANEL ON LANDING. USED PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.