ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365755
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 January 1991 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4718D |
| MSN: | 34818 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Warm Springs, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| New Orleans, LA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE ENGINE RUNUP, THE RIGHT MAG DROP WAS SIGNIFICANT. WITH THE MAG SWITCH BACK ON BOTH, IT WAS OK. AGAIN ON THE RIGHT MAG THE ENGINE BACKFIRED & QUIT. IT WAS STARTED AGAIN WITH THE SAME RPM DROP ON THE RIGHT MAG. PUFFS OF SMOKE WERE OBSERVED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. HE GOT OUT, OPENED THE COWLING, & SAW FLAMES. THE LOCAL FD PUT OUT THE FIRE. AN FAA INSPECTOR FOUND THAT THE FIRE INITIATED FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ALSO BURNED BUT NOT THE INTERIOR SIDE OF THE FIREWALL. A SHORT APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED AT THE TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.
Probable Cause: AN ELECTRICAL SHORT RELATED TO THE ALTERNATOR FROM AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91LA045
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 13:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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