- Date
- February 26, 1984, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2406SCessna 337B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840226008469A
- Case key
- 6419
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hazardous materials leak/spill
Misc eqpt/furnishings,cargo restraints - looseCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
InattentiveCause
Judgment - poorCause
Judgment - poorCause
Fire
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Tie down - not performedCause
Analysis
The acft caught fire during landing when a gasoline can overturned and was ignited by a passenger trying to right it with a burning cigar in his hand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2406S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0706
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Fox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MNV · Madisonville, TN
- Airport
- MMI · Mcminn, runway 2, 4,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
N2406SRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2007 · Cessna 337BAirframe modelCessna 337BEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 971 total · 118 in this make and model · 936 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 38 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.