Cessna 172N N6297D

Summary

On 5 December 1990 at about 13:23 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6297D, operated by Stranmel Aviation, was involved in an accident near Plano, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 December 1990 at 13:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Plano, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dallas North (F26)

Coordinates

33.0299, -96.6698

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6297D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stranmel Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Shreveport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW91LA020

Nobody was injured.

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE APPROVED START PROCEDURES WHICH RESULTED IN AN INDUCTION FIRE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRPLANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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AFTER HAND PROPPING THE ENGINE ABOUT 15 TIMES AND PRIMING IT THREE TIMES THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A START. HE SAID THAT THE ENGINE HIT THREE TIMES AND THEN STOPPED. HE SUBSEQUENTLY PRIMED THE ENGINE TWO MORE TIMES AND ATTEMPTED A SECOND START. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE ENGINE HIT ONCE AND THEN HE OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE COWLING. HE ABANDONED THE AIRPLANE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. IT APPEARED THAT THE FIRE ORGINATED IN THE AREA OF THE AIR INTAKE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.