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| Date: | Saturday 5 January 1991 |
| Time: | 00:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210M |
| Owner/operator: | Cherokee Leasing, Inc. |
| Registration: | N823AR |
| MSN: | 21062661 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7856 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO 520L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Lutz, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tampa, FL (KTPA) |
| Orlando, FL (KORL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 1,000 FT, THE PLT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE & PARTIAL LOSS OF ENG POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE NORMAL & EMERGENCY METHOD DUE TO HYDRAULIC FLUID LOSS FROM FIRE DAMAGED HYDRAULIC LINES. WITH THE GEAR OFF THE UPLOCKS BUT NOT DOWN & LOCKED, THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT ON A ROAD. EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT A FUEL LINE WHICH EXITS THE FUEL STRAINER LOCATED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL HAD A PIN-SIZE HOLE DUE TO CHAFING OF AN ELECTRICAL WIRE BUNDLE WHICH CROSSES THE LINE. AS A RESULT, THE INSULATION COVERING THE WIRES WAS DAMAGED & FUEL WHICH CONTACTED THE WIRES WAS IGNITED.
Probable Cause: FUEL LINE CHAFING, AND IN-FLIGHT FIRE CAUSED BY SHORTING OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA91IA061
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1985 | N823AR | Cherokee Leasing Inc | 0 | Ft.lauderdale, FL | |
sub |
| 1 March 1988 | N823AR | Cherokee Express | 0 | Orlando, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 14:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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