- Date
- June 11, 1986, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4959TCessna 411
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860611023649A
- Case key
- 31650
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Fire/explosion
Starting procedure - improperCause
Fluid,fuel - leakFactor
Analysis
The plt observed a fuel spill on the ground as a result of refueling overflow. He attempted to start the engines & an explosion & fire resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4959T
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0159
- Airframe hours
- 4,184
- Engine
- Continental GTSI-520C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roffler Hair Design College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1985 · 78 hours before
- Destination
- MCB · Mccomb, MS
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 344 total · 40 in this make and model · 231 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.