What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine caught fire during engine start up.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING ENGINE START UP.
FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · Anchorage, AK · March 20, 2026
- Date
- March 20, 2026 · 14:00 local
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Merrill Field
- Phase of flight
- Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N22594
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Reported engine
- Continental 0-200 series
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Other injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s certificate
- Commercial pilot
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 514 total140 in this make and model30 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.