# Incident 19780512033449I: Beech 65, Bethany, OK, May 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1978, 07:00 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699WW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,526 total, 990 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780512033449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TAXIING. APPEARED TO BE OF ELECTRICAL ORIGIN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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