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CEN22LA072

2021-12-12 · Abbeville, Louisiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport IYA

N1477D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL18, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

An electrical fire for reasons that could not be determined.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that after takeoff, he turned onto the downwind leg of the traffic pattern and smelled an electrical odor. He continued to land, stopped the airplane, and shut off the engine and electrical systems. As he tried to determine where the smell originated, he saw smoke from the rear seat area and then he saw flames from the left side of the airplane. He exited the airplane and it continued to burn. The airplane sustained fire damage to the fuselage and both wings. In a telephone conversation with the pilot, he noted that the only electrical components he was aware of in the area where he first saw the smoke was near the electronic connector for his active noise-cancelling headset. Due to the amount of fire damage, it was not possible to determine the source of the electrical fire. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Electrical power system-(general)-Unknown/Not determined
  • — Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Unknown/Not determined

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2021_CEN22LA072.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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