# NTSB LAX88LA170: Cessna 150F, N6742F, Hayfork, CA, April 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1988, 18:30 local (Apr 28, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Hayfork, CA
- Coordinates: 40.499076, -123.189247 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4991&lon=-123.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25991/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA170

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, taxi - from landing
  - engine compartment - fire (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6742F-2013-05-01), registration cancelled 2013-05-01, S/N 15063342, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063342
- Airframe hours: 1000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880427018349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880427018349A), Apr 27, 1988: Cessna 150F, Hayfork, CA, Destroyed. Pilot heard a sound while taxiing to park. Stopped, got out and saw fire in engine area. Aircraft destroyed by fire

## Other investigations on N6742F (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 OAK68D0219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0219), Jul 27, 1967: Cessng 150 (N6742F), Reno, NV, 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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