# Accident 19940122048969A: 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)
- Aircraft: N8990X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,622 total, 800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122048969A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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