ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225129
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 May 2019 |
| Time: | 12:48 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 60 Duke |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N60RK |
| MSN: | P-79 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3119 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Loveland-Northern Colorado Regional Airport, CO (FNL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Broomfield-Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, CO (BJC/KBJC) |
| Fort Collins/Loveland-Northern Colorado Regional Airport, CO (FNL/KFNL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was relocating the multiengine airplane following the completion of an extensive avionics upgrade, which also included the installation of new fuel flow transducers. As the pilot neared the destination airport, he reported over the common traffic advisory frequency that he had "an engine out [and] smoke in the cockpit." Witnesses observed and airport surveillance video showed fire emanating from the airplane's right wing. As the airplane turned towards the runway, it entered a right-rolling descent and impacted the ground near the airport's perimeter fence.
The right propeller was found feathered. Examination of the right engine revealed evidence of a fire aft of the engine-driven fuel pump. The fuel pump was discolored by the fire. The fire sleeves on both the fuel pump inlet and outlet hoses were burned away. The fuel outlet hose from the fuel pump to the flow transducer was found loose. The reason the hose was loose was not determined. It is likely that pressurized fuel sprayed from the fuel pump outlet hose and was ignited by the hot turbocharger, which resulted in the inflight fire.
Probable Cause: A loss of control due to an inflight right engine fire due to the loose fuel hose between the engine-driven fuel pump and the flow transducer.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60RK/history/20190515/1833Z/KBJC/KFNL
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Correction: NTSB is investigating today’s accident in Loveland, CO involving a Beech 60.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) 15 mai 2019
Plane Crashes North Of Fort Collins-Loveland Airport https://t.co/vYAn9sDUoP pic.twitter.com/EDymuUqUvI
— CBSDenver (@CBSDenver) 15 mai 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-May-2019 22:50 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 15-May-2019 22:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 22:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time] |
| 15-May-2019 22:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 23:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 23:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 15-May-2019 23:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 15-May-2019 23:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 23:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-May-2019 05:55 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 16-May-2019 05:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 16-May-2019 06:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Photo] |
| 16-May-2019 06:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Photo] |
| 16-May-2019 06:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 11:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 16-May-2019 22:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2020 06:35 | hexatus | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-Apr-2020 06:39 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2020 09:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 04-May-2023 14:33 | Patton303 | Updated [[Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ]] |
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