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FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Hollywood, FL · March 2, 2002

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Date
March 2, 2002 · 10:55 local
Place
Hollywood, FL
Airport
North Perry Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N132HM
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total
N132HMRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18200844 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna R182Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After take off on down wind on a flight to key west the pilot noticed smoke coming from under the aircraft dash area. A call was made to the north Perry tower declaring an emergency for smoke. The pilot elected to turn off all electrical power in the aircraft including radios. The pilot also failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing. The aircraft landed on runway 9R with the gear up with minor damage to the bottom of the aircraft. The propeller blades (2) were bent. None of the soles on board were injured. An inspection of the aircraft electrical system revealed a strong burning odor from the starter with excessive heat. The battery relay was stuck in the closed position with excessive heat from the aircraft battery ground lead. It was noted that the starter armature and starter windings were damaged due to electrical fire and the starter relay and battery relay were found to be fused in the closed position. It was determined that the starter relay was stuck and welded in the closed position allowing the starter to continue to rotate after engine start, over heating the starter to the point of causing a small fire inside the starter producing the smoke that ente red the aircraft. A service difficulty report (SDR) for this matter was submitted per recent guidelines.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF ON DOWN WIND ON A FLIGHT TO KEY WEST THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT DASH AREA. A CALL WAS MADE TO THE NORTH PERRY TOWER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR SMOKE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO TURN OFF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER IN THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING RADIOS. THE PILOT ALSO FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 9R WITH THE GEAR UP WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER BLADES (2) WERE BENT. NONE OF THE SOLES ON BOARD WERE INJURED. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REVEALED A STRONG BURNING ODOR FROM THE STARTER WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE BATTERY RELAY WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY GROUND LEAD. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STARTER ARMATURE AND STARTER WINDINGS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FIRE AND THE STARTER RELAY AND BATTERY RELAY WERE FOUND TO BE FUSED IN THE CLOSED POSITION. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER RELAY WAS STUCK AND WELDED IN THE CLOSED POSITION ALLOWING THE STARTER TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE AFTER ENGINE START, OVER HEATING THE STARTER TO THE POINT OF CAUSING A SMALL FIRE INSIDE THE STARTER PRODUCING THE SMOKE THAT ENTE RED THE AIRCRAFT. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) FOR THIS MATTER WAS SUBMITTED PER RECENT GUIDELINES.