# Incident 20010609011329I: Cessna 180K, Whitefield, NH, June 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2001, 06:50 local time
- Place: Whitefield, NH
- Airport: Mount Washington Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3676° N, 71.5458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT WASHINGTON RGNL (HIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3676&lon=-71.5458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707PC-2005-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,168 total, 479 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010609011329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE STARTING AIRCRAFT ENGINE TO TAXI TO THE FUEL PUMP THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. STARTING SEQUENCE: PRIMED ENGINE, ENGAGED STARTER, ENGINE COUGHED AND QUIT.  PRIMED ENGINE A SECOND TIME AND ENGAGED STARTER, ENGINE COUGHED AND QUIT AGAIN.  PILOT NOTICED A WISP OF SMOKE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO FIND FLAMES  ON THE GROUND BENEATH ENGINE.  HE MOVED AIRCRAFT AWAY AND THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ALSO ON FIRE UNDER THE COWLING.  FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY WHITEFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N707PC (2)

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

- [Incident 19851013066239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013066239I), Oct 13, 1985: Cessna 180K (N707PC), San Antonio, TX. Aircraft was cleared to land on 12R. Noted by ATC to be lined up with taxiway on short final. Completed landing.
- [Accident 19821003050909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821003050909A), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 180K (N707PC), Pineville, LA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Aircraft veered into crosswind. Indicates side load collapsed left main gear.

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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