20200519007439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTLS · Benton, AR · May 19, 2020

Date
May 19, 2020 · 20:30 local
Place
Benton, AR
Airport
Saline County Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N234Z
Reported as
Flight Design Ctls
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

The pilot stated that after landing on runway 2 he turned onto taxiway when a white-gray smoke started coming out of the passenger-side instrument panel with the distinct smell of an electrical fire. The pilot shutoff electrical power and the smoke stopped. No fire extinguisher required.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 HE TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY WHEN A WHITE-GRAY SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH THE DISTINCT SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE PILOT SHUTOFF ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER REQUIRED.