# Incident 20250625011869I: Cessna 182D, Concord, NC, June 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2025, 10:03 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord-Padgett Regional Airpo
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3878° N, 80.7091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONCORD-PADGETT RGNL (JQF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3878&lon=-80.7091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N807X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N807X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,390 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250625011869I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/25/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1003 (EDT), ON CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SMOKE AND FIRE IN THE CABIN BELOW THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDALS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND UPON LANDING THE SMOKE AND FIRE CLEARED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE WIRE FROM THE BATTERY CONTACTOR TO STARTER CONTACTOR WAS CHAFFED THROUGH AT THE FIREWALL CAUSING THE WIRE TO SHORT. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.     T-EA68-FY25-1689

## Other reports on N807X (1)

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

- [Accident 20070618013409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070618013409A), Jun 18, 2007: Cessna 182D (N807X), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On take off at dvt on runway 25L, the aircraft lost power. The pilot initiated an emergency landing on the remaining runway, landing hard and coming to…

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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