# Accident 20100401030979A: Cessna 182F, Wichita Falls, TX, April 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo Downtown Aprt
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8593° N, 98.4901° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8593&lon=-98.4901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3320U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3320U-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,025 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030979A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 1, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CDT, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT TAXIED N3320U, A CESSNA MODEL 182F, TO THE RUN UP AREA OF RUNWAY 17 AT KICKAPOO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS (CWC), IN PREPARATION OF A VFR FLIGHT TO BOWIE, TEXAS (OF2).THE PILOT STATED HE SMELLED AN ODOR THAT APPEARED TO BE FROM AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE AND COULD SEE SMOKE EXITING FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, TURNED OFF ELECTRICAL POWER, SHUT OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE PILOT CALLED 911 AND TOW SERVICE, HE NOTICED FIRE AND SMOKE ENGULFING THE INTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISED THE FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR GROUND PERSONNEL.

## 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 CEN10LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA186), Apr 1, 2010: Cessna 182F (N3320U), Wichita Falls, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fire of undetermined origin.

## Other reports on N3320U (3)

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

- [Incident 20000131002769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131002769I), Jan 31, 2000: Cessna 182F (N3320U), Wichita Falls, TX, Minor damage. (-5) On January 31, 2000, at 1700 a Cessna 182F, N332OU, owned by william edward warnock, [privacy data omitted] while descending thru 2500 feet to land at…
- [Incident 19800903068399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903068399I), Sep 3, 1980: Cessna 182 (N3320U), Sterling, CO, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control after landing.
- [Accident 19750911029139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750911029139A), Sep 11, 1975: Cessna 182F (N3320U), Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Wind shift drg lndg final apch at 80 mph.

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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