- Date
- May 21, 1990, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gardner, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5892JBeech S35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900521066149A
- Case key
- 34982
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Probable cause
An in-flight fire of undetermined origin.
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
The pilot reported that during the initial climb after takeoff, he noted fire coming from the area around his feet, which filled the cockpit. He covered his face with his arms & 'pulled' the throttle, mixture or prop control, but he didn't know which. Subsequently, the acft crashed into trees beside the runway. The plt said he kicked out a window, crawled out & rolled in the grass to extinguish flames on his body. The aircraft was destroyed by fire. A post-crash inspection of the aircraft failed to reveal the origin of the fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5892J
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7882
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, Wayne O.
- Registered owner
- Wayne Anderson
- Destination
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Airport
- NONE · Hayden, runway 36, 3,000 × 75 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 4,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at
- OJC, 10 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.