ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292702
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| Date: | Monday 9 January 2006 |
| Time: | 17:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 310R |
| Owner/operator: | St. Charles Flying Service/klondike Air LLC |
| Registration: | N310CK |
| MSN: | 310R1889 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4312 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Charles, Missouri -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | St Charles County Smartt Airport, MO (KSET) |
| Jefferson City Memorial Airport, MO (JEF/KJEF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane received substantial damage following a bird strike to the airplane's right wing tip tank during cruise flight. Dusk meteorological conditions with an overcast layer of clouds prevailed at the time of the accident. A fire was first noticed by the pilot during an after landing taxi. The pilot evacuated the airplane, and the fire continued to burn for an additional 35 minutes until an explosion occurred. The pilot stated that the bird impacted the top portion of the tip tank and the strobe/navigation assembly within the tip tank was damaged with a broken strobe light bulb. The right tip tank was full of fuel at the time of the bird strike.
Probable Cause: The in-flight collision with a duck during cruise flight resulting in a ruptured fuel tank and the strobe/light assembly electrical short resulting in a fire to the right wing tip tank. Contributing factors were the dusk light conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI06LA060
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2022 07:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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