Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 N192FW

Summary

On 6 December 2002 at about 01:40 local time, a Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 registered N192FW, operated by Four Winds Aircraft, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 December 2002 at 01:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.7997, -80.2950

Aircraft

Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192

Registration

N192FW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Four Winds Aircraft

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marathon → New Smyrna Bch

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

MIA03FA024

2 people died.

The inflight fire of undetermined origin, which resulted in pilot incapacitation, loss of aircraft control and an inflight collision with a building.

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The aircraft was en route at night when it made several course changes before air traffic control (ATC) lost radio and radar contact with the flight. Witnesses saw the airplane descend to the ground in a nose-down attitude and collided with a building. The body the pilot, who had occupied the right-front seat, was found some distance from the aircraft. He sustained burns injuries over 25 percent of his body. The impact damage precluded determination of the cause of the fire. During the flight, ATC replied no to the pilots query if other flights were reporting the smell of smoke. The investigation revealed a powered six-movement automotive seat was installed the in the left front position. The seat was powered by three motors of which in their original automotive installation were protected by a 30-amp circuit breaker; however, when installed in the aircraft was changed to a 5-amp breaker. In this installation the failure of the motor resulted in the opening of the breaker. If the breaker did not open, the switch would fail which was preceded by the motor overheating. After the installation there were instances of the circuit breaker tripping when the seat had a "larger" occupant. During the accident flight, the pilot-rated passenger who occupied the seat was 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 231 pounds. The possibility existed for one of the motors for the seat to overheat, and ignite the seat cushion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.