# Accident 19940122000799A: Cessna 182D, Donaldsonville, GA, January 22, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1994, 11:45 local time
- Place: Donaldsonville, GA
- Airport: Donaldsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0065° N, 84.8776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0065&lon=-84.8776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8980X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8980X-1997-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122000799A

## Narrative

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

PROBLEM ON ENGINE START. BACKFIRED. FIRE IN INDUCTION SYSTEM. FAILED SUCK FIRE IN. ALSO OVER PRIMING A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL94LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA042), Jan 22, 1994: Cessna 182D (N8980X), Donalsonville, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO CLEAR THE INDUCTION SYSTEMS OF EXCESSIVE FUEL.

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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