Cessna 206 N5151U

Summary

On 4 January 1982 at about 10:10 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N5151U, operated by James R Adams, was involved in an accident near Saint Croix. 2 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 January 1982 at 10:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Saint Croix

Nearest airport

Alexander Hamilton (STX)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 206

Registration

N5151U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James R Adams

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Saint Croix

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA82FKA05

1 person died.

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED DURING DARKNESS BEFORE CONTROL TOWER HAD OPENED. WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP, AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY AN AMBULANCE AS AIRCRAFT WAS CROSSING PARALLEL TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMES, AND AMBULANCE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE FLAMES, COMING TO A STOP 150 FEET BEYOND AIRCRAFT. AMBULANCE WAS ON A TEST DRIVE ON PARALLEL TAXIWAY,TRAVELING 45 TO 50 MPH WHICH EXCEEDED AIRPORT LIMIT OF 20 MPH. A FIREFIGHTER TRIED TO WARN DRIVER OF AMBULANCE BY RADIO BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. DRIVER STATED HE DID NOT SEE AIRCRAFT NOR DID HE SEE ANY LIGHTS ON AIRCRAFT. WITNESS REPORTED SEEING AIRCRAFT WITH NAVIGATION LIGHTS, LANDING LIGHT AND ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT ON. DRIVER REFUSED BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.