# Incident 19850919060579I: Cessna 310R, Baton Rouge, LA, September 19, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1985, 21:20 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JESA
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5215C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5215C-2015-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850919060579I

## Narrative

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

DURING HOT START ON ENGINE PILOT OVER PRIMED. VAPORS FROM EXHAUST STACK IGNITED MOMENTARILY. NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5215C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880120019019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120019019I), Jan 20, 1988: Cessna 310R (N5215C), Louisville, KY. Taxiing at high steep pilot veered off taxiway into the grass. Became stuck in the mud. Blamed seat slipped back.
- [Incident 19870401014129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870401014129I), Apr 1, 1987: Cessna 310R (N5215C), Nashua, NH. Diverted with loss of electrical power, found stuck starter solenoid.

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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