# Accident 20140817014439A: Cessna R182, Farmingdale, NY, August 17, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7286° N, 73.4133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7286&lon=-73.4133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N292LC-2017-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA390) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140817014439A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED REPUBLIC AIRPORT (FRG) ON 08/17/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 EDT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO DUTCHESS COUNTY AIRPORT (POU). DURING CLIMB AND CLOSE TO ALTITUDE OF 5000 FT, PILOT NOTICED A SURGE IN FUEL FLOW TO APPROXIMATELY 58 GALLONS PER HOUR (GPH) AND A DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE TO APPROXIMATELY 0-2 PSI. PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN TO FRG WITH PRIORITY HANDLING. NEW YORK DEPARTURE CLEARED FLIGHT FOR A 180 DEGREE TURN AND TO 3000 FT. AT P.D. PILOT REMAINED AT 5000 FT UNTIL GLIDE DISTANCE TO FRG, THEN STARTED DESCENT. FRG TOWER CLEARED FLIGHT TO LAND RUNWAY 32.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT, PILOT NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SHUT DOWN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. FRG FIRE RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED. AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 FT, FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE CO-PILOT RUDDER PEDALS. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LOWER GEAR AND LAND ON RUNWAY 32, COMING TO A STOP ON TAXIWAY A5. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT AIRCRAFT SAFELY. FIRE RESCUE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BUT HAD A HARD TIME DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FUEL WAS NOT SHUT OFF.

## 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 ERA14LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA390), Aug 17, 2014: Cessna R182 (N292LC), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the aluminum nipple fuel supply line fitting, which resulted in an engine compartment 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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