# Accident 19990502004459A: Cessna 182C, Loraine, IL, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Loraine, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1491° N, 91.2197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1491&lon=-91.2197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8563T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8563T-2000-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004459A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE DURING RUN-UP PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF, AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.(.19) ON MAY 2, 1999, AT 1400 CENTRAL DAY LIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182C, N8563T, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED DURING A FIRE ON CLAIR RLA (RESTRICTED LANDING AREA) (2000 FEET X 70 FEET) NEAR LORAINE, ILLINOIS. THE AIRPLANE OPERATOR SAID THAT THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE TAKE-OFF END OF THE RUNWAY, HAD STARTED DOING AN ENGING RUN-UP, AND APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. THE ENGINE QUIT. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. HE SAID THAT THE PILOT WENT TO CHECK UNDER THE COWLING AND NOTICED THE FIRE. THE OPERATOR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. (-23) THE PILOT OF N8563T, A CESSNA 182, TAXIIED FOR TAKEOFF AT THE CLAIR RESTRICTED LANDING AREA (RLA), NEAR LORAINE,ILLINOIS, AND HAD PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT AN ENGINE RUN-UP, AND CARBURETOR HEAT CHECK, PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF, AS PER THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST.  AS HE PULLED THE CARBURETOR HEAT KNOB TO THE ON POSITION, THE ENGINE FAILED TO CONTINUE TO RUN.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE.  AS THE ENGINE WAS TURNING O                                                                      VER, DURING THAT RE-START ATTEMPT, THE PILOT BEGAN TO SMELL AND OBSERVE SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND VACATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BURN AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY THE FIRE.  THE PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES DURING THIS EVENT.

## 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 CHI99LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA139), May 2, 1999: Cessna 182C (N8563T), Loraine, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: A fuel system related fire in the engine compartment.

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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