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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · South St. Paul, MN · September 30, 2016

Date: September 30, 2016 · 14:00 local
Place: South St. Paul, MN
Airport: South St Paul Municipal-Richard E F
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6219D
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 854 total49 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N6219DRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Cessna 172NS/N 17272641 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Following just over 4 hours of flight in a rental aircraft, pilot landed at ksgs at around 14:00 on 09/30/2016. According to the pilot's statement, immediately after landing on runway 34 at sgs, white smoke was noted coming from pilot's side window vent. Pilot pulled off of runway at midfield taxiway and immediately shut off all electrical equipment, battery master, alternator, pulled fuel mixture to cutoff, shut off ignition and removed the key. The smoke had turned black by that time and as the pilot exited the aircraft he noted fire from beneath the instrument panel. Personnel from a nearby hangar extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher.

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING JUST OVER 4 HOURS OF FLIGHT IN A RENTAL AIRCRAFT, PILOT LANDED AT KSGS AT AROUND 14:00 ON 09/30/2016. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT SGS, WHITE SMOKE WAS NOTED COMING FROM PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW VENT. PILOT PULLED OFF OF RUNWAY AT MIDFIELD TAXIWAY AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, BATTERY MASTER, ALTERNATOR, PULLED FUEL MIXTURE TO CUTOFF, SHUT OFF IGNITION AND REMOVED THE KEY. THE SMOKE HAD TURNED BLACK BY THAT TIME AND AS THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTED FIRE FROM BENEATH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PERSONNEL FROM A NEARBY HANGAR EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.