- Date
- September 14, 1991, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Liberal, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9123EHispano Aviacion HA200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910914044119A
- Case key
- 14816
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Probable cause
A disconnected ignition harness resulting in an inflight fire during maneuvering flight.
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 accident airplane expereinced an in-flight fire while preforming a flight demonstration. The pilot performed an emergency landing on the airport. Examination of the airplane after the accident disclosed a disconnected igniter plug on the left engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9123E
- Reported as
- Hispano Aviacion HA200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20/69
- Engine
- Turbomeca UNK, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91 subpart F
- Operator
- David Vanliere
- Registered owner
- David Vanliere
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1991
- Airport
- LBL · Liberal Ks, runway 17, 7,101 × 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBL, 1 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.