# NTSB CHI82FEE12: Cessna 172RG, N6492V, Wheeling, IL, January 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1982, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.129905, -87.920112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1299&lon=-87.9201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FEE12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73030/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE12

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, standing - starting engine(s)
  - fuselage,crew compartment - fire (cause)
  - fuselage,crew compartment - undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED AND WARMED UP APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN MINUTES THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN TO INVESTIGATE FROZEN BRAKE PADS. AFTER THE BRAKE PADS WERE FREED THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND DURING CRANKING THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED AND WITHIN THREE MINUTES WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WRECKAGE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE FIRE DID NOT START OR HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF EXTREME HEAT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6492V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6492V-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 172RG0728, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0728
- Airframe hours: 400
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mitchell Janwszewski
- Registered owner: James Tarkowski
- Departed: WHEELING, IL
- Destination: WHEELING, IL
- Airport: Pal Waukee

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 302 total, 62 in this make and model, 203 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820124002379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820124002379A), Jan 24, 1982: Cessna 172RG, Wheeling, IL, Destroyed. Aircraft caught fire during attempt to start for purpose of flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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