ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320449
| Date: | Friday 12 September 2014 |
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| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | Plaisir en Vol |
| Registration: | N18FM |
| MSN: | 500-0014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11000 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Athens Municipal Airport, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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| Confidence Rating: |
The Cessna Citation I was purchased for $190,000 in March 2014 and then insured it for $440,000. The aircraft was flown to Athens Municipal Airport, Texas on August 30, 2014.
On September 12 the aircraft was set afire. The fuselage burnt out, except for the tail, before firefighters were able to contain the fire.
It later appeared that the owner had arranged for the aircraft to be set afire in order to profit off insurance companies. He had previously (2012) ditched a Beech Baron following an alleged cabin fire. This also turned out to have been an insurance scam.
Sources:
Galveston County men accused of destroying airplanes, defrauding insurance companies (galvnews.com, 13 Dec. 2017)
kwsalvage.com
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