# Incident 20160930023669I: Cessna 172N, South St. Paul, MN, September 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: South St. Paul, MN
- Airport: South St Paul Municipal-Richard E F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8571° N, 93.0329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH ST PAUL MUNI/RICHARD E FLEMING FLD (SGS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8571&lon=-93.0329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6219D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6219D-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 49 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160930023669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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