Beechcraft H-18 N711LC

Summary

On 8 October 1987 at about 20:30 local time, a Beechcraft H-18 registered N711LC, operated by Flite Services, Inc., was involved in an accident near Sandersville, Georgia, 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

8 October 1987 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Sandersville, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Kaolin Field (GA07)

Coordinates

32.9804, -82.8101

Aircraft

Beechcraft H-18

Registration

N711LC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Flite Services, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA006

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

THE COCKPIT BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE DURING INITIAL CLIMB AFTER THE PLT RAISED THE LDG GEAR. THE PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LDG. AFTER EVACUATING THE ACFT, THE PLT OBSERVED THAT THE RT ENGINE NACELLE AFT OF THE FIREWALL WAS ON FIRE. INITIAL ATTEMPTS BY GROUND PERSONNEL TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER BY A LOCAL FIRE DEPT AFTER THE ACFT HAD SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXAMINED BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR; THE EXACT ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.