Status: | 5 |
Date: | Friday 12 September 2014 |
Type: | Cessna 500 Citation I |
Operator: | Plaisir en Vol |
Registration: | N18FM |
MSN: | 500-0014 |
First flight: | 1971 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11000 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Athens Municipal Airport, TX ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative: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.
Classification:
Hangar / ground fire
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
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Galveston County men accused of destroying airplanes, defrauding insurance companies (galvnews.com, 13 Dec. 2017)»
kwsalvage.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.