Cessna U206 N184V

Summary

On 17 October 1988 at about 20:21 local time, a Cessna U206 registered N184V was involved in an accident near Brush, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 October 1988 at 20:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Brush, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Brush Municipal (7V5)

Coordinates

40.2498, -103.6295

Aircraft

Cessna U206

Registration

N184V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN89LA018

Nobody was injured.

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

FOLLOWING LANDING AT AN UNATTENDED AIRPORT, WHILE BACK-TAXIING, THE ENG FAILED. DURING RESTART THE PLT HEARD A LOUD 'POP' FROM THE ENG COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY WHITE SMOKE AND FLAME. THE PLT AND PAX EXITED THE ACFT AND THE PLT WENT TO A NEARBY PHONE TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A HAND-HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS LOCATED IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AND WAS NOT USED BY EITHER OCCUPANT. A REVIEW OF MAINT RECORDS INDICATED THAT A FACTORY OVERHAULED ENGINE HAD BEEN INSTALLED 60 FLT HRS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN IN POOR MECHANICAL CONDITION WHEN THE ANNUAL WAS CONDUCTED FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT IGNITION FIRST OCCURRED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE FIREWALL BUT THE EXACT SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.