# Accident 19871219070669A: Cessna STC182, Hammonton, NJ, December 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6675° N, 74.7577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMMONTON MUNI (N81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6675&lon=-74.7577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3041Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3041Y-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC182
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,389 total, 266 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871219070669A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BACKFIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE DURING RESTARTING AT RUNUP AREA. ENGINE AND CARBURETOR BEYOND RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC88LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA058), Dec 19, 1987: Cessna 182 (N3041Y), Hammonton, NJ, destroyed

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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