# Incident 19891014064939I: Cessna 182B, Kenai, AK, October 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1989, 17:00 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N186RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N186RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014064939I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START ENGINE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. USED EXTINGUISHER. DAMAGED CARBURETOR HEAT WIRES.

## Other reports on N186RM (1)

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

- [Accident 20000603042169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603042169A), Jun 3, 2000: Cessna 182B (N186RM), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman had landed in this area approximately 10 times as PIC. He has been in the area many times with friends as a passenger. He is a new licensed pilot…

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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