19890106006699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A152 · Arcadia, FL · January 6, 1989

Date: January 6, 1989 · 13:00 local
Place: Arcadia, FL
Airport: Arcadia Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4888A
Reported as: Cessna A152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 60 total60 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N4888ARegistration cancelled May 9, 1995 · Cessna A152S/N A1520905 Airframe modelCessna A152

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.

Pilot over primed carburetor before start. Engine caught fire. Extinguished but wiring burned.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OVER PRIMED CARBURETOR BEFORE START. ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. EXTINGUISHED BUT WIRING BURNED.

Other reports on N4888A · 1

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

Incident 19910220015909IFinal Approach · Ft Lauderdale, FLSmelled smoke on approach. Fire in engine after shut down. Fire traced to carburetor intake venturi.Feb 20, 1991 · Minor damage