- Date
- October 12, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N28MSmith Miniplane Mini
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821012052679A
- Case key
- 71424
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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
During taxi for takeoff the pilot smelled fuel fumes in the cockpit and noticed fuel leakage under the fuel tank, located above the pilots leg. The pilot then parked the aircraft and shutdown the engine. A fire started after he deplaned and consumed the fabric-covered aircraft. The source of the fuel leak was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28M
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane Mini
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 100
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen 7 Vicki Willoughby
- Registered owner
- Stephen 7 Vicki Willoughby
- Departed
- C · Liberty, MO
- Destination
- C · Lexington, MO
- Airport
- 4K3 · Lexington Municipal, runway 18, 2,270 × 140 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 7 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.