# NTSB ANC89LA014: Cessna TU206A, N4850F, Soldotna, AK, October 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1988, 21:00 local (Oct 26, 1988, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Coordinates: 60.319133, -150.790527 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3191&lon=-150.7905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA014

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, standing
  - fluid,fuel - leak (cause)
  - engine assembly - fire (cause)

## Analysis

THE ATP CERTIFICATED PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE RETURNING FROM A HUNTING TRIP WHEN THE TURBOCHARGED CESSNA 206 CAUGHT FIRE SOON AFTER LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND AN ATTEMPT AT RESTARTING THE ENGINE AS THE AIRPLANE CLEARED THE RUNWAY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SHORTLY AFTER THE RESTART ATTEMPT, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS ONBOARD THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME THAT THE FIRE STARTED AND THE FIRE WAS NOT EXTINGUISHED UNTIL LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4850F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4850F-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N U206-0550, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (registry code 2073318) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U2060550
- Airframe hours: 16900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kakeldey, Ronald O.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 29, 1987, 1,370 hours before
- Departed: SPIRIDON LAKE, AK
- Airport: SXQ, Soldotna, runway 7, 5,000 × 130 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,700 total, 150 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ENA, 9 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881025047849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881025047849A), Oct 25, 1988: Cessna TU206A, Soldotna, AK, Destroyed. Engine quit after leaving runway on landing. Noticed engine fire. Tried cranking but fire spread. Undetermined.

## Other investigations on N4850F (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 SEA81DYE21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE21), Feb 28, 1981: Cessna TU206 (N4850F), Bellevue, WA, substantial damage

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.

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