Cessna 188T N731DB

Summary

On 10 August 1995 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 188T registered N731DB, operated by Elliott Parker, was involved in an accident near Town Creek, Alabama, 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

10 August 1995 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Town Creek, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Private (NONE)

Coordinates

34.6700, -87.4007

Aircraft

Cessna 188T

Registration

N731DB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Elliott Parker

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL95LA151

Nobody was injured.

The chafing of the fuel flow gage pressure line with an electrical system wire which resulted in arcing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While en route to spray a field 3 miles from the staging airstrip, the pilot heard an unusual noise in the cockpit. Seconds later, smoke and fire from under the instrument panel started filling the cockpit. The pilot made an emergency landing at the staging airstrip, and exited the burning airplane. The cockpit and center section of the airframe were fire damaged. Examination of the instrument panel disclosed that a fuel line for the fuel flow meter was burnt out of the instrument. Several fire damaged electrical wires were located in the immediate vicinity of the fuel line.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.