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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Flint, MI · November 13, 1991

Date: November 13, 1991 · 15:30 local
Place: Flint, MI
Airport: Bishop Intrnational Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N24278
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N24278Registration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Cessna 152S/N 15280191 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

Electrical short in bare wire caused spring coil to melt. Fire on carpet. Pilot put out fire with foot.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN BARE WIRE CAUSED SPRING COIL TO MELT. FIRE ON CARPET. PILOT PUT OUT FIRE WITH FOOT.

Other reports on N24278 · 1

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

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