# Incident 20080214013899I: Cessna 182P, Atlanta, GA, February 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2008, 09:20 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8901M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8901M-2009-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 170 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080214013899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER ATTEMPTED TO START A/C. BATTERY WAS DEAD, SO HE CALLED FBO FOR AN EXTERNAL POWER START. CART WAS PLUGGED IN AND PILOT/OWNER TURNED ON MASTER AND BEGAN TO CRANK THE ENGINE WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM THE REAR OF AIRCRAFT. HE TURNED MASTER SWITCH OFF, GOT OUT OF AIRCRAFT AND WENT TO LOOK AT REAR OF AIRCRAFT. HE OPENED REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND THEN NOTICED A BLUE FLAME COMING OUT OF TAIL SECTION INTO REAR BAGGAGE. THE FBO/EXTERNAL CART OPERATOR GRABBED HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND TRIED TO FIRE IT INTO THE AIRCRAFT, BUT IT FAILED (THE AGENT WAS NOT EXPELLED). THE AIRCRAFT BURNT TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. IT SEEMED THAT THE BATTERY EXPLODED MINUTES AFTER THE EXTERNAL POWER WAS CONNECTED. THE BATTERY'S STATE OF CHARGE WAS ALREADY POOR, AND THE POWER CART'S POWER SELECTOR/SETTING WAS NOT VERIFIED BY THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TURNING THE MASTER SWITCH ON. ADDITIONALLY, THE BATTERY MAY HAVE EXPLODED WHEN A FULL CHARGE WAS APPLIED TO THE BATTERY, AS IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SERVICED PROPERLY (THE AIRCRAFT HAD SAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS WITHOUT SINCE IT WAS LAST USED). ACCORDING TO THE A/C OWNER, THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY SIX OPERATIONAL HOURS ON IT SINCE ITS LAST ANNUAL. THE A/C LOGS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN 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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