19871021075349I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Farmingdale, NY · October 21, 1987

Date
October 21, 1987 · 08:50 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N333VB
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
159 total23 in this make and model18 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.

Smoke in cabin after turning on master switch. Fire department came and put out fire by the firewall.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN AFTER TURNING ON MASTER SWITCH. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT OUT FIRE BY THE FIREWALL.