35.5340° N, 97.6469° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 12, 1978 · 07:00 local
Place
Bethany, OK
Airport
Wiley Post
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N699WW
Reported as
Beech 65
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,526 total990 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Left engine caught fire while taxiing. Appeared to be of electrical origin.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TAXIING. APPEARED TO BE OF ELECTRICAL ORIGIN.