- Date
- May 25, 1983, 21:41 local (May 26, 1983, 01:41 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N591WSIAI-Marchetti FN333
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830525022159A
- Case key
- 6071
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was being taxied in from landing when the engine quit. The pilot cranked the engine to restart, an explosion was heard and flames appeared in the cabin area. The pilot evacuated the acft as flames totally destroyed it. The engineis mounted above and to the rear of the cabin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N591W
- Reported as
- SIAI-Marchetti FN333
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12BIS
- Airframe hours
- 418
- Engine
- Continental IO-470P, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Associates, Inc.
- Departed
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LEX · Blue Grass, runway 22, 6,498 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,870 total · 431 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.