ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362306
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| Date: | Thursday 18 March 1993 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Bill Law Aviation |
| Registration: | N63206 |
| MSN: | 15077174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4977 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rochester, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KROC) |
| (KROC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
IT WAS A COLD DAY, AND AS THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR EARLIER, THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT PRE-HEAT THE ENGINE. HIS THREE ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, SO HE DECIDED TO PRE-HEAT. HE PRIMED THE ENGINE, BUT THIS ATTEMPT WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL, SO TWO ADDITIONAL SHOTS OF PRIME WERE APPLIED. BY THIS TIME, THE BATTERY WAS INEFFECTIVE, SO THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED THAT AN EXTERNAL START WAS REQUIRED. WHILE EXITING THE AIRPLANE, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWLING. HE ADVISED THE STUDENT TO VACATE THE AREA, AND HE SHUT OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR BEFORE LEAVING THE AREA TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. BY THE TIME HE HAD RETURNED WITH AN EXTINGUISHER, THE FIRE HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE.
Probable Cause: A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO OVER-PRIMING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO93LA051
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1988 | N63206 | Western N.y. Flying Club | 0 | W. Seneca, NY | |
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| 17-Mar-2024 19:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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