# NTSB DEN89LA018: Cessna U206, N184V, Brush, CO, October 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 17, 1988, 14:21 local (20:21 UTC)
- Place: Brush, CO
- Coordinates: 40.249771, -103.629539 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2498&lon=-103.6295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17632/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, taxi - from landing
  - fuselage,firewall - fire (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N184V-1991-03-26), registration cancelled 1991-03-26, S/N U2061341 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206d) (registry code 2073342) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U2061341
- Airframe hours: 7765
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881017046689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881017046689A), Oct 17, 1988: Cessna U206D, Brush, CO, Destroyed. Engine quit while taxiing to ramp. Backfired during restart. Burned aircraft. Fire began near firewall. Fuel fed.

## Other investigations on N184V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DVG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG17), Feb 2, 1981: Cessna U206 (N184V), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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