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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415D · Lincoln, IL · March 21, 1983

Date
March 21, 1983 · 19:00 local
Place
Lincoln, IL
Airport
Logan County
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2378H
Reported as
Univar 415D
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total40 in this make and model15 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.

Unable to start engine pilot exited aircraft and found carburetor on fire. Cause of carburetor fire undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO START ENGINE PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND CARBURETOR ON FIRE. CAUSE OF CARBURETOR FIRE UNDETERMINED.