# NTSB MIA93LA016: Cessna 172N, N1527E, Ormond Beach, FL, November 10, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 10, 1992, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA016

## Probable cause

A FIRE OF AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE WHICH ERUPTED IN THE LEFT CABIN AREA DURING TAKEOFF.

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, takeoff - roll/run
  - misc eqpt/furnishings - fire (cause)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings - undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

STUDENT IN LEFT SEAT NOTICED FLAME COMING FROM AIRCRAFT SIDEWALL TO HIS LEFT DURING TAKEOFF. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A HAND HELD EXTINGUISHER. THE STUDENT WENT FOR HELP. THE FIRE COULD NOT BE EXTINGUISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT CABIN WAS CONSUMED PRIOR TO HELP ARRIVING. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1527E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1527E-1994-06-29), registration cancelled 1994-06-29, S/N 17271034 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271034
- Airframe hours: 5843
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Mac Corporation, doing business as Sunrise Air Charter And Sales
- Registered owner: Mac Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 18, 1992, 93 hours before
- Departed: ORM
- Airport: ORM, Ormond Beach Municipal, runway 36, 3,695 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,150 total, 600 in this make and model, 800 as pilot in command, 240 in the last 90 days, 130 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19921110046359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921110046359A), Nov 10, 1992: Cessna 172N, Ormond Beach, FL, Destroyed. Fire erupted in left front sidewall. Aborted on runway. Fire dept put out fire. Source unknown due fire damage.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.