# Incident 20191122021419I: Cessna 172P, Sanford, FL, November 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2019, 15:53 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4NP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4NP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 279 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191122021419I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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