# NTSB NYC88LA058: Cessna 182, N3041Y, Hammonton, NJ, December 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 19, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Location: 39.6365° N, 74.8024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammonton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6365&lon=-74.8024&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36077
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36077/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, standing - starting engine(s)
  - fuel system,carburetor - fire (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fire extinguisher - not installed (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAXIED TO THE RUNUP AREA AND DURING THIS PROCESS OF ENGINE RUNUP, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH ON ONE MAGNETO BUT SMOOTH ON THE OTHER. THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE WAS LEANED BUT THE ENGINE QUIT. WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART WAS MADE FIRE ERUPTED AND THE ACFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART 4 OR 5 TIMES. THE ACFT ENG AND CARBURETOR HAD 2400 HRS WITHOUT OVERHAUL. THIS IS BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED TIME FOR THE CARBURETOR. AVIONICS AND SAFETY INSPECTORS HAD THE OPINION THAT EXCESS FUEL PUDDLING AND BACKFIRE HAD OCCURRED DURING THE RESTART. THE CARBURETOR HAD BEEN TOO BADLY BURNED TO BE FLOW TESTED. THERE WAS NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON BOARD THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3041Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3041Y-1989-03-14), registration cancelled 1989-03-14, S/N 18254041 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254041
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John J. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: MIV, MILLVILLE, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,389 total, 266 in this make and model, 1,099 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19871219070669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871219070669A), Dec 19, 1987: Cessna STC182, Hammonton, NJ, Destroyed. Engine backfired and caught fire during restarting at runup area. Engine and carburetor beyond recommended overhaul

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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