# Incident 20161220021919I: Cessna 152, San Diego, CA, December 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49784, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49784-2018-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 51 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161220021919I

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY  THE PILOT REPORTED IN HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO START THE ENGINE HE PRIMED THE ENGINE ONE TIME AND CRANKED THE ENGINE FOR 10 SECONDS. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO START THE ENGINE  BUT IT FAILED TO START. HE WAITED 10 SECONDS AND THEN ATTEMPTED A THIRD START. PILOTS FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS TAXING IN FRONT OF HIM SIGNALED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. AS HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY  HE COULD SEE FIRE UNDER THE ENGINE. ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR QUICKLY PUT THE FIRE OUT 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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