- Date
- December 5, 1990, 07:23 local (13:23 UTC)
- Place
- Plano, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6297DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901205053119A
- Case key
- 23294
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow the approved start procedures which resulted in an induction fire and the destruction of the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After hand propping the engine about 15 times and priming it three times the pilot attempted a start. He said that the engine hit three times and then stopped. He subsequently primed the engine two more times and attempted a second start. According to the pilot the engine hit once and then he observed smoke and flames coming from the cowling. He abandoned the airplane and called the fire department, however, the airplane was destroyed. It appeared that the fire orginated in the area of the air intake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6297D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-72702
- Airframe hours
- 2,106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Stranmel Aviation
- Registered owner
- Rudder, Johnny L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 9, 1990 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- F26
- Destination
- SHV · Shreveport, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- F26 · Dallas North
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 49 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.