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A bird nest in a C210 engine compartment caught fire after landing. The pilot extinguished the fire before the fire department arrived.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 789328 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 789328 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : animal other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
After landing; taxiing to tie-down; exit aircraft to push to tie down spot when I noticed something smoldering in the engine compartment. I call ground. They call the fire department; but I put the fire out with fire extinguisher. I open the cowl and the fire was a bird nest. The only damage to the aircraft was the engine baffle and the paint on the cowl. Fire was out before fire department showed up. The aircraft received baffle damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BIRD NEST IN A C210 ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER LNDG. THE PILOT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG; TAXIING TO TIE-DOWN; EXIT ACFT TO PUSH TO TIE DOWN SPOT WHEN I NOTICED SOMETHING SMOLDERING IN THE ENG COMPARTMENT. I CALL GND. THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPT; BUT I PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. I OPEN THE COWL AND THE FIRE WAS A BIRD NEST. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS THE ENG BAFFLE AND THE PAINT ON THE COWL. FIRE WAS OUT BEFORE FIRE DEPT SHOWED UP. THE ACFT RECEIVED BAFFLE DAMAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.