19790420024349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · San Jose, CA · April 20, 1979

Date: April 20, 1979 · 08:30 local
Place: San Jose, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N405JR
Reported as: Beech E18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N405JRRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Beech E18S-9700S/N BA-408 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech E18S-9700 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

Smoke came from engine cowl. Then flames. Fire bottle did not activate. Electric valve was defective.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE CAME FROM ENGINE COWL. THEN FLAMES. FIRE BOTTLE DID NOT ACTIVATE. ELECTRIC VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE.