# NTSB ATL83LA199: SIAI-Marchetti FN333, N591W, Lexington, KY, May 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1983, 21:41 local (May 26, 1983, 01:41 UTC)
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Coordinates: 38.130783, -84.48059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1308&lon=-84.4806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA199

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, taxi - from landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Fire, taxi - from landing
  - engine assembly - fire (contributing factor)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N591W-2013-02-26), registration cancelled 2013-02-26, S/N 12BIS, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIAI-Marchetti FN333
- Registry model: [Siai-Marchetti FN-333](https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-fn-333) (registry code 8120704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12BIS
- Airframe hours: 418
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830525022159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830525022159A), May 25, 1983: Nardi FN333, Lexington, KY, Destroyed. While taxiing from landing, the engine quit. An explosion and fire occurred in the engine area on attempted restart

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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