# Incident 20020516011299I: Cessna 195B, Buckeye, AZ, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 12:15 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3050B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3050B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 3 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516011299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPEARS AS THE FUEL PRESSURE INDICATOR LINE FROM THE CARBURETOR TO GAUGE BROKE (FLEXIBLE LINE) WHERE IT EXITS THE CARB. RAW FUEL SPEWED FROM THE PRESSURE FLOAT BOWL ON THE HOT ENGINE AND IGNITED. FIRE BURNT THROUGH THE FUSELAGE SKIN BENEATH THE PILOTS FEET/RUDDER PEDALS ALLOWING FLAMES TO ENTER THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES WITH A DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER HE HAD ON BOARD. THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A DEAD STICK LANDING IN THE DESERT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED UP ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED TO THE HANGER.

## Other reports on N3050B (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150416004269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150416004269I), Apr 16, 2015: Cessna 195B (N3050B), Grand Island, NE, Minor damage. N3050B, a Cessna 195B, landed at central Nebraska regional airport (gri) on runway 35. During the landing rollout, the aircraft did a ground loop, contacting…
- [Accident 20031016026479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016026479A), Oct 16, 2003: Cessna 195B (N3050B), North Pole, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during landing the pilot pressed the rudder pedals and the left brake master cylinder piston shaft failed causing aircraft to lose…
- [Accident 19780625023029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625023029A), Jun 25, 1978: Cessna 195B (N3050B), Ypsilati, MI, Substantial damage. Inadvertently applied control lock.

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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