Plane Crash List

Republic RC-3 N87459

13 August 1984 · Skwentna, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 August 1984 at about 03:00 local time, a Republic RC-3 registered N87459 was involved in an accident near Skwentna, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Skwentna, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Skwentna (SKW)
Coordinates
61.9306, -151.7310
Aircraft
Republic RC-3
Registration
N87459
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Birchwood → Skwentna
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC84LA133

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING CRUISE, PLT WAS TROUBLESHOOTING RHYTHMIC POWER INTERRUPTION (MISSING) WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLT HEADED FOR ARPT, GEAR DOWN, BUT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF ARPT WHEN THE FIRE INTENSIFIED. LANDING GEAR SHEARED IN HEAVY BRUSH ON TOUCHDOWN. PLT STATED THE ACFT HAD CONSIDERABLE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE 1.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT BUT THERE WERE NO LOG BOOK ENTRIES OF WORK PERFORMED. QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE PERSON CITED AS PERFORMING WORK ARE UNDETERMINED. ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST-LANDING FIRE, NEGATING PRECISE FINDING OF ORIGINAL FIRE SOURCE/CAUSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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