# NTSB ATL82DA223: Aero Commander 680FL, N11GT, Alabaster, AL, August 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1982, 19:15 local (Aug 2, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Location: 33.2144° N, 86.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alabaster, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2144&lon=-86.8231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA223

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,line fitting - improper (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,line fitting - leak (cause)
  - fuel system - fire

## Analysis

PRIOR TO THE POST-MAINTENANCE INSPECTION FLIGHT THE PILOT/OWNER, WHO IS A CERTIFICATED A&P MECHANCIC, HAD BEEN CALIBRATING THE FUEL FLOW ON THE RIGHT ENG FUEL INJECTOR PUMP. AN EXTERNAL LINE HAD BEEN CONNECTED TO THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER FITTING OF THE FUEL INJECTOR. PRIOR TO THE TEST FLIGHT THE EXTERNAL LINE WAS REMOVED & THE FUEL FLOW REPLACED. ABOUT 10 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT OBSERVED FLAMES FROM 25 TO 15 PSI. THE RIGHT ENG WAS SHUT DOWN & THE PROP FEATHERED. AFTER LANDING THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO TAXI THE ACFT & THE ACFT WAS ABANDONED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11GT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11GT-1992-04-13), registration cancelled 1992-04-13, S/N 135736 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680FL
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 680FL](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (registry code 0141608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1357-36
- Airframe hours: 3516
- Engines: LYCOMING IGSO-540-B1A 380 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Mclaughlin
- Registered owner: Mclaughlin
- Departed: 21A, ALABASTER, AL
- Destination: 21A, ALABASTER, AL
- Airport: 21A, Shelby County, runway 33, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 7,205 total, 1,710 in this make and model, 7,110 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 185 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820801054739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801054739A), Aug 1, 1982: Gulstm 680FL, Alabaster, AL, Destroyed. Right engine caught fire in flight. Pilot landed and evacuated aircraft.

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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