ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213729
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| Date: | Saturday 28 July 2018 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N785SP |
| MSN: | 172S8712 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knox County Airport (4I3), Mount Vernon, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newark, OH (VTA) |
| Zanesville, OH (ZZV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that, several minutes after takeoff for the personal flight, he maneuvered the airplane to enter the traffic pattern to practice touch-and-go landings. Shortly after, he noticed a fire near the rudder pedals. He expedited his approach, and the fire continued to grow while he landed the airplane. After landing, he safely egressed from the airplane; a few seconds later, the cockpit area was engulfed in flames. The airplane was destroyed.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed evidence of a fuel-fed fire that had emanated from the rear, lower center portion of the engine. Extensive thermal damage was in the area where the mechanical fuel pump is mounted to the oil cooler. The oil cooler's bottom hose connection was separated from the oil cooler, and the fuel pump's bottom portion was missing. Due to the fire damage, the exact initiation point and source of the fire could not be determined.
There were no maintenance write-ups indicating a fuel leak or odors in the previous 20 flight hours.
Probable Cause: An in-flight fuel-fed fire from an unknown source for reasons that could not be determined due to the extensive fire damage to the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Media:
OSP: No injuries after Cessna plane crashes at Knox Co. Airport https://t.co/PXeyrhaJmw pic.twitter.com/c2OTzAD5Sj
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 29 juillet 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2018 20:19 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Jul-2018 09:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2018 16:28 | Geno | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2018 16:36 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 31-Jul-2018 16:37 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jun-2020 18:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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