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C172 pilot reported they had a fire shortly after landing. The pilot shutdown everything and exited the plane. Ground personnel helped extinguish the fire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1391875 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 854 Flight Crew Type 49 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Landed with all equipment appearing to operate normal. Immediately after landing I noticed a white smoke coming from the pilot's side window vent. I pulled off the runway at midfield taxiway. I immediately shutoff all electrical equipment; battery master and alternator off; pulled fuel mixture to cutoff and removed the key. At that time the smoke was black and when I exited I noticed fire drip from beneath the console. Thanks to the immediate response of other pilots at their hangars near the taxiway and airport employees who brought fire extinguishers to put out the fire. Fire rescue was called and responded.unable to determine what caused the problem at this time. The aircraft just came out of a 100 hour inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported they had a fire shortly after landing. The pilot shutdown everything and exited the plane. Ground personnel helped extinguish the fire.
Narrative: Landed with all equipment appearing to operate normal. Immediately after landing I noticed a white smoke coming from the pilot's side window vent. I pulled off the runway at midfield taxiway. I immediately shutoff all electrical equipment; battery master and alternator off; pulled fuel mixture to cutoff and removed the key. At that time the smoke was black and when I exited I noticed fire drip from beneath the console. Thanks to the immediate response of other pilots at their hangars near the taxiway and airport employees who brought fire extinguishers to put out the fire. Fire rescue was called and responded.Unable to determine what caused the problem at this time. The aircraft just came out of a 100 hour inspection.
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