# NTSB MIA00LA150: Cessna 172H, N5107G, Picayune, MS, May 11, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 11, 2000, 16:25 UTC - Place: Picayune, MS - Coordinates: 32.741916, -89.679222 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7419&lon=-89.6792&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 30, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49216 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA150 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49216/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA150 ## Probable cause An in-flight fire in the vicinity of the firewall from an undetermined source. This resulted in a forced landing to an airport and total consumption of the airplane by fire after landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - fuselage,firewall - fire - reason for occurrence undetermined - Forced landing, descent - emergency ## Analysis The pilot stated he was over flying an airport at 2,500 feet when he observed smoke coming up behind the firewall followed by flames. A forced landing was made to the airport and the airplane was consumed by fire. Examination of the wreckage could not determine the source of the reported in-flight fire. ## Factual narrative On May 11, 2000, at about 1625 central daylight time, a Cessna 172H, N5107G, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced an in-flight fire in the vicinity of Picayune, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed by fire. The private pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from New Orleans, Louisiana, (NEW) about 25 minutes before the accident. The private pilot stated that he departed NEW at about 1600, for the VFR local flight. He was over flying the Picayune Airport at 2,500 feet when he observed smoke coming up from behind the firewall followed by flames. He immediately turned the fuel selector valve off and made a forced landing to the runway. He and the passenger exited the airplane uninjured. The airplane was consumed by fire. The pilot stated in the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report that he dropped off his friend at the Picayune Airport, took off, and experienced the smoke in the cockpit at about 500 feet. After making a safe landing at the airport, he got out of the airplane and ran a safe distance away from the plane. Statements provided by the pilot or his passenger to the Pearl County Sheriff Department does not substantiate the pilot's statement. (For additional information see Pearl County Sheriff Department Report, an attachment to this report.) Examination of the airframe, flight controls, engine assembly and accessories by the FAA and parties to the NTSB investigation could not determine the source of the reported in-flight fire. (For additional information see Aircraft Mishap Report Cessna Aircraft Company, Teledyne Continental Power plant Examination, and FAA Inspector Statement ttachmentS to this report.) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5107G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5107G-2000-12-14), registration cancelled 2000-12-14, S/N 17256224 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172H - Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17256224 - Airframe hours: 5718 - Engines: Continental O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: In-Flight - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Henry P. Deubler Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 2, 1999, 86 hours before - Departed: NEW, NEW ORLEANS, LA - Airport: MS76, Picayune Municipal, runway 18, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 700 total, 690 in this make and model, 680 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,900 ft broken - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: ASD, 20 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 20000511012949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000511012949A), May 11, 2000: Cessna 172H, Picayune, MS, Destroyed. (-23) A/c departed lakefront airport, la at approx 16:00 hrs local on 5/11/00 enroute to Picayune airport (M76) when the a/c arrived in the airport area of M76… From the NTSB's public API. 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