Bellingham Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Bellingham, Washington 98225
Saturday, November 8, 1986 12:00 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DRG AN ATTEMPTED START, THE ENG BACKFIRED & AN INDUCTION FIRE STARTED. HOWEVER, THE PLT DID NOT CONTINUE CRANKING THE ENG. STRONG SURFACE WINDS INHIBITED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ACFT'S PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE PLT THEN ATTEMPTED TO USE AN EXTINGUISHER FROM THE HANGAR, BUT IT WAS UNSERVICEABLE. BY THE TIME THE CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE UNITS ARRIVED, THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/8/1986
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1200
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City BELLINGHAM
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98225
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BELLINGHAM INT'L
Event Location Nearest Airport ID BLI
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 156
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1156 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID BLI
Elevation of weather observation facility 156
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -11
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 40
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 14
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 20
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1589
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 13 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 900
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32038
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2654G
NTSB Number SEA87LA024
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182B
Aircraft Series Identifier 182B
Aircraft Serial Number 51954
Certified Max Gross Weight 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 10 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 4786
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JOHN M. DANIEL
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1192 EUCLID AVE.
Aircraft Owner City BELLINGHAM
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98226
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1037 CORONADO AVE.
Operator City BELLINGHAM
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 98225
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Standing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --