# Incident 20001013016459I: Cessna T210L, Birmingham, AL, October 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2000, 22:51 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K5VA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22405, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22405-2014-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013016459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED RWY 36 BHM, TAXIED ONTO TAXIWAY, ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. DURING RESTART SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT FROM AREA RIGHT AND BELOW THROTTLE QUADRANT. PILOT ADZD ATC OF A/C FIRE, SHUT OFF ALL AVIONICS, FUEL AND ELECTRICAL. PILOT SPRAYED A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXTINGUISHING AGENT BEHIND RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL. BHM AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED, DID NOT USE ANY ADDITIONAL EXTINGUISHING AGENT, EXAMINED A/C FOR ANY FIRE EXTENSIONS, FOUND NONE. A/C WAS EXAMINED BY MERCURY AVIATION AND FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE OPERATOR. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND, ALL EQUIPMENT WORKED DURING FOLLOW UP TESTING.

## Other reports on N22405 (2)

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

- [Incident 20111006023379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111006023379I), Oct 6, 2011: Cessna T210L (N22405), Winchester, TN, Minor damage. The nose gear extended; however, the main gear did not extend on landing. No damage to the aircraft, other than tail tie down bent. Pilot did not check lights…
- [Accident 19730304004159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730304004159A), Mar 4, 1973: Cessna T210L (N22405), Macfarlan, WV, Substantial damage. Oil drain plug not saftied after oil change. Oil drain plug worked loose-oil exhausted.

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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