Probable cause
A fire in the airplane's cabin, which initiated for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive thermal damage.
NTSB analysis
The commercial pilot reported that, after landing at a remote, unimproved off-airport landing site, he taxied the airplane to the end of the strip, and he turned around while raising the flaps. Immediately thereafter, he felt heat on the left side of his face. Subsequently, he saw flames in the aft cabin near the right cargo door. Both the pilot and passenger immediately exited the airplane.
The cockpit, baggage area, right wing, left wing fuel cell, fuselage section forward of the vertical stabilizer, and the contents of the airplane were mostly consumed by fire. Due to the extensive thermal damage, the source of the fire could not be determined.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC17LA024 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- May 23, 2017
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Noatak, Alaska
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna U206F
- N-number
- N9575G
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1972
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rule
- Part 135 (charter and commuter)
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