Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
17OCT2003 at 1530LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Sky Dive San Marcos
Registration
 
N511BF
Location
 
Fentress
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
 
Construction number
 
LJ-179
Year of manufacture
 
1966
     
Crew on board
 
1
Pax on board
 
0
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
0

Circumstances
   
 
After all skydivers jumped out from airplane at 14,000 feet, the pilot started his descent to Fentress Airpark. During this maneuver, white smoke began to come out from the cowling of right engine and the pilot completed an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft swung around facing a southeast direction and struck a tree. After the pilot ran away from the accident site, he observed the right engine nacelle engulfed in flames, which then spread to the fuselage.


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