# Incident 20010706015329I: Cessna 150E, Calhoun, GA, July 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Calhoun, GA
- Airport: Tom B David Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4554° N, 84.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOM B DAVID FLD (CZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4554&lon=-84.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6293T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6293T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 33 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010706015329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT (STUDENT) REPORTED SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HE LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP CALLED MERCER FIELD AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD CHAFFED THROUGH THE BATTERY POSITIVE CABLE CAUSING THE FIRE.

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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