# Incident 20080524834559I: Cessna 210E, Chino, CA, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 20:34 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2311F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2311F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524834559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING TAXI ON TAXIWAY (AFTER LOCAL SALES DEMO FLIGHT).  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY CALL TO CHINO TOWER "GROUND", THEN BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A RAMP EXTINGUISHER.  WITHIN 9 MINUTES, THE CHINO AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND COOLED DOWN ENGINE WITH A SPRAY HOSE.  THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH BLISTERED THE ENGINE COWLING.  PILOT COUNSELED, ON PREFLIGHTING.  OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION INCLUDED THE PLACEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT CONDITION NOTICE ON THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRING A ENGINE/AIRFRAME INSPECTION FOR CRACKED CYLINDERS, BURNT WIRING, AND DAMAGED/CRACKED/LEAKING OIL FUEL LINES.  DISCOVERED REMAINS OF A OIL SOAKED BIRDS NEST IN FORWARD ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  A FUEL OR OIL SOAKED BIRDS NEST EVENTUALLY IGNITED DUE TO THE HEATED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N2311F (1)

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

- [Incident 19811223098339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811223098339I), Dec 23, 1981: Cessna 210E (N2311F), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed with landing gear up. Pilot reported he forgot to put gear down prior to landing.

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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