# Incident 20050310004159I: Cessna 172S, Phoenix, AZ, March 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 13 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050310004159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE QUIT DURING IDLE CHECK IN RUN UP AREA. INDUCTION FIRE STARTED DURING RESTART OF ENGINE. PILOT WAS ADVISED BY GROUND CONTROL THAT "...YOU HAD A FIRE UNDER YOUR COWLING WHEN YOU RESTARTED AND IT APPEARED TO BE OUT." PIC STATED THAT HE DID NOT INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOR FIRE DAMAGE PRIOR TO CONTINUING FLIGHT ALTHOUGH HE DID CONDUCT A SECOND IDLE CHECK WHICH WAS SATISFACTORY. UPON RETURN, THE PIC REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE OPERATOR. OPERATOR'S MECHANIC INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIR FILTER WAS BURNED/CHARRED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION AND CHECKING FOUND NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR ANOMALIES.

## Other reports on N121CW (3)

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

- [Accident 20250730012669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250730012669A), Jul 30, 2025: Cessna 172S (N121CW), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. PIC stated they departed kism at 1523, after a runup with normal indications. Climbed out at 74 KIAS, handed to orl departure to climb to 4000'. At…
- [Accident 20130722015869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130722015869A), Jul 22, 2013: Cessna 172S (N121CW), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Substantial damage. After an initial go-around, student pilot on first-ever solo landing attempt porpoised the aircraft and landed hard on nose landing gear. Aircraft taxied back…
- [Accident 20050918031429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918031429A), Sep 18, 2005: Cessna 172S (N121CW), Show Low, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft sustained a tail strike during landing resulting in substantial damage to aft fuselage and empennage. Neither the pilot nor passengers received…

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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