# Incident 20041130033359I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Lafayette, LA, November 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2004, 09:10 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5152J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5152J-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041130033359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY" AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT INTO MAINTENANCE FOR THE SMELL OF FUEL FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. MECHANIC WENT TO INVESTIGATE DISCREPANCY. HE TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPLODED. THERE WAS A MINOR FIRE WHICH WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY THE MECHANIC. THE PLAN WAS DESTROYED. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

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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