# Accident 19971109032669A: Cessna 182A, Parkton, NC, November 9, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Parkton, NC
- Airport: Southern Comfort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8998° N, 79.0101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8998&lon=-79.0101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5883B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5883B-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,237 total, 438 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971109032669A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF. GROUND LOOPED. SMOKE IN COKPIT. GEAR FAILED WING HIT GROUND. BATTERY CABLE SHORTED AT FIREWALL. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAKEOFF AT 1350 FROM SOUTHERN COMFORT AERODROME, (35W) ST. PAULS, NC. PILOT REPORTED SEEING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE BEFORE LANDING. PILOT INITIATED A HARD RIGHT TURN, AFTER REALIZING HE COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE STRIKING THE TREES LOCATED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, THE NOSE GEAR, FIRE WALL AND PROPELLER. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AREA OF SMOKE DAMAGE, INSPECTOR FOUND AN UNAPPROVED BATTERY CABLE HAD BEEN INSTALLED. CHAFFING OF THE CABLE OCCURRED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A STRINGER LOCATED UNDER THE CO-PILOT'S PEDALS JUST AFT OF THE COCKPIT FIREWALL. ARCING AND SMOKE FOLLOWED, AS THE FIREWALL INSULATING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE HOT METAL. THE UNAPPROVED BATTERY CABLE RAN FROM THE BATTERY SOLENOID, AFT OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, TO THE STARTER SOLENOID AT THE ENGINE.

## 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 MIA98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA028), Nov 9, 1997: Cessna 182A (N5883B), Parkton, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper installation of an auto battery cable which led to an in-flight fire due to the chaffed cable.

## Other reports on N5883B (2)

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

- [Accident 20010107000099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010107000099A), Jan 7, 2001: Cessna 182A (N5883B), Parkton, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was descending after releasing jumpers, when he tried to level off he found that he had no throttle. Pilot looked for a field and landed, when he…
- [Incident 19920920044069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920920044069I), Sep 20, 1992: Cessna 182A (N5883B), Farmville, NC, 1 fatal. Chutist died as a result of strangulation during static line jump. Line opened chute but had bag lock malfunction.

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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