- Date
- October 17, 1988, 14:21 local (20:21 UTC)
- Place
- Brush, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N184VCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881017046689A
- Case key
- 17632
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following landing at an unattended airport, while back-taxiing, the eng failed. During restart the plt heard a loud 'pop' from the eng compartment followed by white smoke and flame. The plt and pax exited the acft and the plt went to a nearby phone to call the fire department. A hand-held fire extinguisher was located in the baggage compartment and was not used by either occupant. A review of maint records indicated that a factory overhauled engine had been installed 60 flt hrs prior to the accident and that the acft had been in poor mechanical condition when the annual was conducted five months prior to the accident. Inspection of the wreckage revealed that ignition first occurred near the bottom of the firewall but the exact source of the fire was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N184V
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2061341
- Airframe hours
- 7,765
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alpine Aero Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1988 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Airport
- 7V5 · Brush Municipal, runway 7, 5,300 × 60 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 447 total · 104 in this make and model · 348 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 22 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.
Other investigations on N184V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.