Cessna 182A N5883B

Summary

On 9 November 1997 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N5883B was involved in an accident near Parkton, North Carolina, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 November 1997 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Parkton, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Southern Comfort (35W)

Coordinates

34.8998, -79.0101

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N5883B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA98LA028

Nobody was injured.

improper installation of an auto battery cable which led to an in-flight fire due to the chaffed cable.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that about 50 feet above the ground after takeoff he began to smell smoke and then saw smoke in the cockpit. He elected to abort the takeoff and land on the runway. He said the airplane bounced once and then landed. After touchdown he steered straight with both brakes full on. When it became apparent that he could not stop before the trees at the end of the runway, he began a hard turn to right. The left main landing gear failed, the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft came to a stop. Examination of the wreckage revealed that a chafed auto battery cable, aft of the firewall, caused the soundproofing on the firewall to catch fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.