- Date
- May 11, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N53345Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860511016799A
- Case key
- 16960
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft carburetor had been removed for maintenance and sign posted in acft to this effect. Student plt called to schedule acft and was put in another acft. Scheduler said plt was told acft was out of service but plt claimed he did not hear this. Plt met flt instructor and attempted to start eng. After three attempts eng caught fire. Plt and instructor said there was no sign in acft warning of carburetor removal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53345
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283537
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray Steele, doing business as Pro. Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Hartle C. Wayne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City Int'L
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,698 total · 432 in this make and model · 1,611 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.