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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Sanford, FL · November 22, 2019

Date
November 22, 2019 · 15:53 local
Place
Sanford, FL
Airport
Orlando Sanford International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CE8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4NP
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
309 total279 in this make and model98 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While waiting to take off on taxiway l near runway 9 center at the Orlando Sanford int. Airport, smoke and sparks were noted from behind the left forward interior side panel. The crew disembarked the aircraft. Mechanics found the ameri-king rfi filter under the panel had overheated and failed damaging some lighting wiring located above the unit.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE WAITING TO TAKE OFF ON TAXIWAY L NEAR RUNWAY 9 CENTER AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD INT. AIRPORT, SMOKE AND SPARKS WERE NOTED FROM BEHIND THE LEFT FORWARD INTERIOR SIDE PANEL. THE CREW DISEMBARKED THE AIRCRAFT. MECHANICS FOUND THE AMERI-KING RFI FILTER UNDER THE PANEL HAD OVERHEATED AND FAILED DAMAGING SOME LIGHTING WIRING LOCATED ABOVE THE UNIT.