# Accident 20090918022139A: Mclish B85C, Coffeyville, KS, September 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2009, 15:05 local time
- Place: Coffeyville, KS
- Airport: Coffeyville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0939° N, 95.5719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0939&lon=-95.5719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81167, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81167-2013-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcclish FUNK B85C (registry code 5480108, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcclish-funk-b85c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCLISH B85C
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA594](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA594) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090918022139A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL THAT A FUNK B85C, N81167, HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED AT COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.  THE PILOT, JON SCHROEDER, STATED HE HAD THE FUSELAGE TANK REFUELED AND DECIDED TO FLY A QUICK TRIP AROUND THE LOCAL AREA AND GIVE HIS PASSENGER A RIDE.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HE SMELLED SMOKE AND OBSERVED FIRE UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHERE THE FUSELAGE TANK IS LOCATED.  HE IMMEDIATELY ACCOMPLISHED A 180 DEGREE TURN IN ORDER TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN HE AND HIS PASSENGER IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AS THE FLAMES ENVELOPED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT EXPLODED AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.  ACCORDING TO THE OWNER DURING REFUELING, FUEL MAY HAVE BEEN SPILLED ONTO THE COWLING AND WINDSHIELD, AND SOME OF IT MAY HAVE LEAKED INTO THE CABIN, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IGNITED.  SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, THE CAUSE OF THE IGNITION OR SOURCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE CABIN COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## 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 CEN09LA594](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA594), Sep 18, 2009: Mcclish Funk B85C (N81167), Coffeyville, KS, destroyed. Probable cause: An in-flight fire for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N81167 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940521027549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940521027549I), May 21, 1994: Mclish B85C (N81167), Fredericktown, MO, Minor damage. Pull to right on landing. Unable correct. Left runway thru ditch. Ground looped. Cracks in gear tubing collapsed.

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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