Aero Commander S2R N5564X

Summary

On 11 April 1986 at about 18:00 local time, a Aero Commander S2R registered N5564X, operated by KEN MC Dowell, was involved in an accident near Jackson, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 April 1986 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

37.3800, -89.6501

Aircraft

Aero Commander S2R

Registration

N5564X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

KEN MC Dowell

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cape Girardeau → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86LA085

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

IN CRUISE FLT THE PIC SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND NOTICED BLACK AND WHITE SMOKE POURING FM THE ENG COWLING. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A PARTIAL LOSS OF PWR. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD. THE PIC NOTICED FLAMES ERUPTING FM THE ENG AREA AFTER EXITING THE ACFT. LATER INSPECTION REVEALED A LOOSE EXHAUST COLLECTOR RING CLAMP HAD SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION. THE RESULTANT SEPARATION OF THE EXHAUST TUBING ALLOWED THE HOT EXHAUST TO BE DIVERTED TO THE CARBURETOR AREA OF THE ENG AND A FIRE ENSUED. THE HOT EXHAUST WAS INGESTED INTO THE CARBURETOR INLET CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENG'S PARTIAL PWR LOSS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.