- Date
- April 29, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cynthiana, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N300WBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429013949A
- Case key
- 7601
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was repositioning the airplane from an on-demand air taxi freight flight. He was en route from rochester, NY to huntsville, al with a planned refuel stop at louisville, KY. Near falmouth, KY he changed his destination to lexington 'due to a developing engine problem'. He saw the airport at Cynthiana and elected to land there. While on downwind, he noted the left engine cowling turning black and on base noted flames from the left engine. He reptd shutting the engine down and feathering the propeller but did not activate the fire extinguisher. During the landing roll, the airplane departed the runway to the right, and collided with the airport wind 't', a pole and a 't' hangar. Post acc investigation revealed that the left prop was not feathered and the fuel was not shut off. The left brake was ineffective due to fire damage. The evidence indicated that the fire began in the vicinity of the left engine accessory section. The specific fuel source of the fire was not identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300W
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 92
- Airframe hours
- 9,048
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero-Taxi-Rockford, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Taxi Rockford Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1988 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- LEX · Lexington, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 018 · Cynthiana Harrison Co., runway 29, 3,200 × 75 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,310 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 25 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.