ASN Aircraft accident Cessna T-47A Citation II N12761 Topeka-Forbes Field, KS (FOE)
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Status:
Date:Tuesday 20 July 1993
Type:Silhouette image of generic C550 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna T-47A Citation II
Operator:Cessna Aircraft
Registration: N12761
MSN: 552-0007
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Topeka-Forbes Field, KS (FOE) (   United States of America)
Phase: Standing (STD)
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Narrative:
Hangar 626 at Topeka-Forbes Field was leased by Cessna Aircraft Company for storage of a number of Cessna Citation jets. In July 1993 the owners of the hangar decided to replace the roof of the hangar. During the application of a rubber roof to replace the existing wooden roof, which involved using a propane torch, a fire started which eventually engulfed the hangar and destroyed 13 airplanes.

Classification:
Hangar / ground fire
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Cessna Aircraft Co. V. Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority -- Royse -- Kansas Court of Appeals (No. 74,571)


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