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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 56TC · Dyersburg, TN · May 22, 1981

Date
May 22, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place
Dyersburg, TN
Airport
Dyersburg
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6210V
Reported as
Beech 56TC
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,150 in this make and model54 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.

After level off pilot noticed fuel vapors. On landing fumes ignited. Maintenance found bad fuel flow transmitter

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LEVEL OFF PILOT NOTICED FUEL VAPORS. ON LANDING FUMES IGNITED. MAINTENANCE FOUND BAD FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER