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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182K · Cotton City, NM · June 14, 1988

Date
June 14, 1988 · 07:30 local
Place
Cotton City, NM
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2829R
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA127
Reported as
Cessna 182K
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,400 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.

Engine backfired while starting, causing induction fire from flooding. Pilot failed to keep cranking to suck up fuel

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BACKFIRED WHILE STARTING, CAUSING INDUCTION FIRE FROM FLOODING.PILOT FAILED TO KEEP CRANKING TO SUCK UP FUEL

NTSB investigation

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