# Accident 20080902846079A: Cessna T182T, Munising, MI, September 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Munising, MI
- Airport: Hanley Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3542° N, 86.6211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3542&lon=-86.6211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N140NE-2009-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,380 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080902846079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING AT HANLEY FIELD (5Y7), A GAS POWERED WEEDEATER THAT WAS PROPPED UP ON THE BACK SEAT BECAME DISLODGED AND FELL ON TO THE FLOOR BETWEEN THE SEATS.  THE PILOT BEGAN TO SMELL GAS FUMES.  WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE PARKING AREA, THE FUEL IGNITED.  THE PILOT THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA271), Sep 2, 2008: Cessna T182T (N140NE), Munising, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot to carry a hazardous material aboard an airplane that resulted in a fire during an after-landing taxi.

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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