# Incident 20201203021729I: Cessna 172M, Sugar Land, TX, December 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2020, 08:15 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201203021729I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT. A LINE PERSON NOTICED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND NOTIFIED THE PILOT. THE LINE PERSON EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE USING A DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

## Other reports on N250RA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210505008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210505008089I), May 5, 2021: Cessna 172M (N250RA), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Pilot statement: Wednesday may 5th 2021 I was back-taxing to the end of runway 8 to do a runup in the runup Area before my take off. As I approached the end of…

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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