20041009026459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gruman SCAN TYPE 30 · Point Mackenzie, AK · October 9, 2004

Date: October 9, 2004 · 15:10 local
Place: Point Mackenzie, AK
Airport: Sleepers Strip Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N701Q
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC05LA003
Reported as: Gruman SCANTYPE30
Reported engine: Lycoming R68013
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N701QRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2019 · Grumman SCAN TYPE 30S/N 14 · Built 1955 Airframe modelGrumman SCAN TYPE 30 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft caught fire in area of instrument panel, pilot tried to perform emergency landing at sleeper strip. Missed approach and landed in trees due to smoke in cockpit. Fire was out, substantial damage, no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE IN AREA OF INSTRUMENT PANEL, PILOT TRIED TO PERFORM EMERGENCY LANDING AT SLEEPER STRIP. MISSED APPROACH AND LANDED IN TREES DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FIRE WAS OUT, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ANC05LA003Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKAn in-flight fire during cruise flight for an undetermined reason.Oct 9, 2004 · Substantial damage