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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 2018 |
| Time: | 11:06 |
| Type: |  North American T-28B Trojan |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N215SF |
| MSN: | 200-86 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19426 hours |
| Engine model: | Curtis Wright R182086B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anoka County–Blaine Airport, MN (ANE/KANE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-Anoka County-Blaine Arpt(Janes Field) Airport, MN (KANE) |
| Minneapolis-Anoka County-Blaine Arpt(Janes Field) Airport, MN (KANE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he received a generator failure annunciation while en route and decided to return to the departure airport. During the approach, the pilot opened the canopy after severe smoke entered in the cockpit. The pilot stated there was a heavy spray of fuel during the downwind leg of the approach that ignited during the base leg of the approach. During the final leg, when the airplane was about 150-200 ft above ground level, he determined that he could not reach the runway due to the severe fire. He pushed the airplane nose down about 20-25°, and the airplane impacted the ground short of the runway. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. Postaccident examination of a fabric sample from the pilot's flight suit revealed stains that were consistent with hydraulic fluid. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the engine was separated from the airframe, and the propeller was separated from the engine. The propeller blades displayed features consistent with engine power. Fire consumed most of the cockpit area and underlying systems between the firewall and aft cockpit. Due to the fire damage, the ignition source and the flammable source could not be determined. The pilot did not perform an emergency shut down of the electrical system and/or engine after the generator failure annunciation as indicated in the airplane flight manual. However, the effect of the pilot not performing the airplane emergency procedures for smoke and fire is unknown because the timing in which the procedures would have to be performed, the flammable source location, and the kind of ignition source are unknown.
(ex BuNo 137723)
Probable Cause: The fire during approach for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in impact with terrain during approach for a precautionary landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N215SF
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Media:
Historic plane has crashed near the Blaine airport. @RaddReport is on the way to cover the latest for @WCCO. pic.twitter.com/C2AfzRfS9K
— Guy Still (@mplstvguy) August 23, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2018 16:58 | harro | Added |
| 23-Aug-2018 17:03 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 17:04 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 17:54 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 18:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 19:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 19:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 19:41 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 19:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2018 19:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 06:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 06:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 15:58 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 16:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 16:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Aug-2018 18:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2019 13:13 | Al | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 08-Jun-2020 08:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 08-Jun-2020 17:16 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 03-Nov-2020 14:42 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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