ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294883
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 December 2003 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Travel Express Aviation, L.l.c. |
| Registration: | N5894B |
| MSN: | 33894 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3874 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Chicago, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Dupage County Airport, IL (DPA/KDPA) |
| Champaign-Willard University Airport, IL (CMI/KCMI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flying club airplane received substantial damage during an instructional flight when upon engine start, a fire ensued from the engine compartment. The commercial pilot reported no previous flight time in the accident airplane. The instructor reported that the engine was over primed during the first engine start attempt. A flooded start procedure was then used during a second engine start attempt, but the engine did not start. Smoke was then seen emanating from the engine cowling. The commercial pilot reported that after the first start attempt, the engine was primed again but still did not start. Smoke was then observed, and the commercial pilot reported that he was instructed to continue cranking. A fire then ensued. The commercial pilot stated that after the fire erupted, he searched for a fire extinguisher but none was found. The commercial pilot stated that the mixture control was retarded to the idle cutoff position while he continued cranking the engine following the second engine start attempt. Post accident inspection of the cockpit revealed that the mixture control was in the full rich position, and the fuel selector was not in the off position.
Probable Cause: The inadequate starting and flooded engine procedure used by certified flight instructor while providing instruction to the dual student.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI04LA050
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 15:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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