Cessna R182 N5496T

Summary

On 21 April 1987 at about 23:40 local time, a Cessna R182 registered N5496T was involved in an accident near Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 April 1987 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Owensboro, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Davies Co. (OWB)

Coordinates

37.7500, -87.1093

Aircraft

Cessna R182

Registration

N5496T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paducah → Louisville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA120

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

PLT IN CRUISE FLT AT 5500 FT ABOUT 30 MIN AFTER DEP FM PADUCAH WHEN HE NOTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM TOP OF PANEL. THE REAR SEAT PAX NOTED FLAMES IN THE PANEL AT THE SAME TIME. THE PLT NOTED HIS POSITION IN RELATION TO OWENSBORO AND INITIATED AN EMER DESCENT TOWARD THE ARPT. HE STATED THAT WITHIN 30 SEC OF INITIAL SMOKE SIGHTING THE CABIN WAS FILLED WITH DENSE BLACK SMOKE AND HE OPENED THE WINDOWS TO SEE AND BREATHE. BY THE TIME HE REACHED THE ARPT AND LANDED, HE STATED THAT THE FLAMES WAS MELTING THE WINDSHIELD AND HEADLINER. AFTER HE HAD SLOWED OR STOPPED THE ACFT, HE EVACUATED HIS PASSENGERS AND HIMSELF. THE FIRE CONTINUED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.