19940122048969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182D · Donaldsonville, GA · January 22, 1994

Date
January 22, 1994 · 11:45 local
Place
Donaldsonville, GA
Airport
Donaldsonville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8990X
Reported as
Cessna 182D
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,622 total800 in this make and model

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.

Problem starting engine. Backfired. Over priming caused engine fire. Failed keep cranking draw fire in. Burned

As the FAA filed it

PROBLEM STARTING ENGINE. BACKFIRED. OVER PRIMING CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. FAILED KEEP CRANKING DRAW FIRE IN. BURNED