# Accident 19980716016739A: Cessna 177, Cassville, WI, July 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1998, 18:50 local time
- Place: Cassville, WI
- Airport: Cassville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7110° N, 90.9891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7110&lon=-90.9891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3461T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3461T-2000-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980716016739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 AT CASSVILLE, WI (C74) AFTER A SHORT FLIGHT FROM DUBUQUE, IA. DURING LANDING ROLL THE ENGINE QUIT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE ENGINE.  HE DID SO BY TURNING ON THE BOOST PUMP AND PUMPING THE THROTTLE TWICE.  WHILE CRANKING PILOT HEARD A SOUND "LIKE A GAS GRILL LIGHTING".  PILOT GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND SAW A FIRE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT NOSE.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT OR OTHERWISE PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE IT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.  TWO PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.   MECHANICAL REASON FOR ENGINE FAILING COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.                                                                  (.4) ON JULY 16, 1998, AT 1850 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA 177, N3461T, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN ON LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE QUIT. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT RESTART ATTEMPT, AN ENGINE FIRE ERUPTED WHICH CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DUBUQUE, IOWA, AT 183 0 CDT. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE QUIT ON LANDING ROLL OUT. AFTER THE AIRPLANE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A RESTART. THE PILOT SAID, "A BACKFIRE FROM THE ENGINE CAUSED FUMES TO IGNITE AND START RAW GAS ON [THE] GROUND ON FIRE." A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE WRECKAGE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE, WITH EXCEPTION OF THE OUTBOARD FEW FEET OF BOTH WINGS, WAS CHARRED, MELTED, OR CONSUMED BY FIRE. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. EXAMINATION OF SURVIVING AIRPLANE COMPONENTS REVEALED NO ANOMALIES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA256), Jul 16, 1998: Cessna 177 (N3461T), Cassville, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: an undetermined event which resulted in engine failure on landing roll out during attempted restart fuel ignited and an undetermined event in the airplane's fuel system which resulted in a fire.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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