ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240038
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| Date: | Friday 14 August 2020 |
| Time: | 16:18 LT |
| Type: |  Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2994P |
| MSN: | 956 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3172 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-260-A1B6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Palm Beach County Airport (F45), FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | West Palm Beach, FL |
| West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The rear-facing engine was mounted on top of the cabin on the amphibious airplane. During the landing roll, the pilot opened the airplane's gull wing door and a fire erupted from the rear of the cabin, travelling forward. The pilot and passenger egressed the airplane as it rolled off the runway into a grass area, came to rest upright, and was consumed by fire. Review of maintenance logbooks revealed that an overhauled engine was installed about 5 hours before the accident, which included a new fuel supply flex hose and oil cooler; however, due to the extensive thermal damage, examination could not determine the source of the fire.
Probable Cause: An on-ground engine fire, the source of which could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20LA285
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N2994P
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 January 1998 | N2994P | Sylvan Educational Endeavors | 0 | Sarasota, FL | |
sub |
Location
Media:
@PBGardensFire and @PBCFR firefighters at North County Airport on location of an aircraft fire pic.twitter.com/fr2b4xtW6I
— PBC Fire Rescue (@PBCFR) August 14, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2020 10:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Aug-2020 10:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2020 11:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2020 16:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Aug-2020 06:30 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Aug-2020 23:45 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2020 06:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 18-Aug-2020 06:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Aug-2020 18:55 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Sep-2020 13:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2022 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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