- Date
- January 3, 1986, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Whiteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N66218Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860103001159A
- Case key
- 7052
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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 student plt had moved the aircraft closer to the terminal about 15 minutes prior to this attempted start. He tried several times but it would not start. The plt then primed the eng several times. His wife shouted to him that the aircraft was on fire. His efforts to put the fire out were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66218
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075927
- Airframe hours
- 2,171
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Euphoria Limited
- Registered owner
- Tranquil Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1985 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- CPC · Columbus County Muni
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 39 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 44 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.