- Date
- August 27, 1983, 20:03 local (Aug 28, 1983, 01:03 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N503SSSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830827075539A
- Case key
- 15790
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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
Turning onto the rwy the coplt observed a flash behind his inst panel. He then received an elect shock to his right arm from the right console. A fire then erupted at the lower right hand corner of his inst panel. The crew & pax evacuated the acft. The interior of the acft was consumed by fire as well as most of the upper half of the fuselage. Exam of the right side wire bundle revealed numerous indications of arcing between wires & from wires to ground. One wire was arced at a point in line with a plastic oxygen line. There was also an oily residue inside the wire bundle. A small section ofthe right brake pressure line exhibited signs of elect arcing. The hydraulic syst press gage copper line also showed signs of arcing. The plastic oxygen lines from the the cockpit side of the forward pressure bulkhead to the cockpit outlets had been consumed by fire & the oxygen supply was depleated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N503SS
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-229E
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Scheduled Skyways Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FTW · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Little Rock, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOT · Memorial Field, runway 5, 6,595 × 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,120 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOT, 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.