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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · San Antonio, TX · October 11, 1991

Date
October 11, 1991 · 11:46 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
Stinson Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7273S
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,281 total187 in this make and model14 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.

Pilot primed engine twice. On attempted start it caught fire. Used extinguisher to put out fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PRIMED ENGINE TWICE. ON ATTEMPTED START IT CAUGHT FIRE. USED EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT FIRE.