NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN22LA072
Registry · N1477D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL18
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
CONT MOTOR OX-340 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20220919
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0C002
Registrant of record
CHRETIN DANIELA
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or 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.
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