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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A152 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · February 20, 1991

Date
February 20, 1991 · 11:30 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4888A
Reported as
Cessna A152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
87 total36 in this make and model17 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.

Smelled smoke on approach. Fire in engine after shut down. Fire traced to carburetor intake venturi.

As the FAA filed it

SMELLED SMOKE ON APPROACH. FIRE IN ENGINE AFTER SHUT DOWN. FIRE TRACED TO CARBURETOR INTAKE VENTURI.

Other reports on N4888A · 1

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