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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Cpi/Lemley SAVANNAH VG · Mulberry, FL · May 13, 2010

Date
May 13, 2010 · 09:15 local
Place
Mulberry, FL
Airport
South Lakeland Airport
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8801T
Reported as
Cpi/Lemley Savannah VG
Reported engine
ROTAX 912S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(X49). The owner had just moved the airplane to the tee hangar to put it away. He said he heard a sound and walked to the right side of the airplane to see what it was and saw that a fire had started under the right side, in the grass (where the fuel quick drain was). He went in the hangar to get a fire extinguisher and when he got back the fire had destroyed the airplane. The aircraft was completely destroyed by fire that melted the aluminum fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(X49). THE OWNER HAD JUST MOVED THE AIRPLANE TO THE TEE HANGAR TO PUT IT AWAY. HE SAID HE HEARD A SOUND AND WALKED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND SAW THAT A FIRE HAD STARTED UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE, IN THE GRASS (WHERE THE FUEL QUICK DRAIN WAS). HE WENT IN THE HANGAR TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WHEN HE GOT BACK THE FIRE HAD DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE THAT MELTED THE ALUMINUM FUSELAGE.