# Incident 20111012024229I: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, October 12, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2011, 19:24 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6480H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6480H-2012-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111012024229I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING ON BETHEL RUNWAY 19L THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT; NO EMERGENCY DECLARED, CFR ACTIVATED.  A SMALL FIRE ENSUED IN THE LEFT REAR DOOR POST.  THE PILOT USED THE ONBOARD HANDHELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGER.  MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE UTILITY LIGHT SWITCH HAD CHAFED A SMALL HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE.  THE SWITCH THEN ELECTRICALLY SHORTED TO THE LINE AND SPARKED A FIRE.FURTHER ACTION PENDING FOLLOW-UP, AND AMEND IF NECESSARY.

## Other reports on N6480H (2)

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

- [Accident 20111221029829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111221029829A), Dec 21, 2011: Cessna 207A (N6480H), Kwigillingok, AK, Substantial damage. On December 21, 2011 about 1100 Alaska standard time, (ast), a tricycle wheel equipped Cessna 207A airplane, N6480H, sustained substantial damage on approach…
- [Accident 19840626030329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840626030329A), Jun 26, 1984: Cessna 207A (N6480H), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Began to lose directional control on landing roll. Tried to go around with full flaps. Struck ditch and a pipe.

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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