19871008060919A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech H-18 · Sandersville, GA · October 8, 1987

Date
October 8, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place
Sandersville, GA
Airport
Kaolin Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
ETLA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N711LC
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA006
Reported as
Beech H18
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,496 total165 in this make and model192 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine fire on climbout. Smoke in cabin, returned and landed. Fire crew put out fire. Orgin of fire not know.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE ON CLIMBOUT. SMOKE IN CABIN, RETURNED AND LANDED. FIRE CREW PUT OUT FIRE. ORGIN OF FIRE NOT KNOW.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.