# Accident 19960712017959A: Cessna 150H, Parker, SD, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Parker, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3902° N, 97.1299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3902&lon=-97.1299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50104, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50104-1996-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712017959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START ENGINE, CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED ABOUT 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE BEFORE THE NEXT PLANNED FLIGHT, IT 'TURNED OVER BUT WOULDN'T START.'  HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE THREE TIMES. HE SAID HE ENGAGED THE STARTER, THE ENGINE 'POPPED THROUGH THE CARB,' AND FIRE IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRPLANE UNEVENTFULLY. THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE PUBLISHED IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (FOR ENGINE FIRE DURING START ON GROUND), SPECIFIED 'CRANKING-CONTINUE, TO GET START WHICH WOULD SUCK THE FLAMES AND ACCUMULATED FUEL THROUGH THE CARBURETOR AND INTO THE ENGINE.'                             (-23) AFTER AN EARLIER FLIGHT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE. IT DID NOT START. WHILE CRANKING HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. HE GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE. HE COULD SMELL SMOKE BY THEN. HE FOUND FLAMES COMING FROM THE AIR BREATHER. HE WENT BACK TO THE CABIN AND GRABBED THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS. HE THEN RAN TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT. BUT THE PLANE BURNED TO THE GROUND IN A SHORT TIME.

## 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 CHI96LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA241), Jul 12, 1996: Cessna 150 (N50104), Parker, SD, destroyed. Probable cause: engine compartment fire from accumulated fuel in the carburetor, and failure of the pilot to follow the emergency checklist procedure.

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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