- Date
- April 27, 1988, 18:30 local (Apr 28, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hayfork, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6742FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880427018349A
- Case key
- 25991
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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
After landing and taxiing to parking, the pilot heard a noise, the pilot exited the airplane and noticed a fire in the engine compartment area. The airplane was consumed by fire shortly thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6742F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063342
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jones, Hiram M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 054 · Weaverville, CA
- Destination
- Q72 · Hayfork, CA
- Airport
- Q72 · Hayfork, runway 7, 4,115 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Observed at
- RBL
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 N6742F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.