# Incident 19820808035329I: Beech 60, Hammond, LA, August 8, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1982, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4GE-2006-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541E1C4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 387 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820808035329I

## Narrative

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

SAW FUEL LEAKING ON TAXI TO RAMP. SHUT DOWN TO LOOK. FIRE ERUPTED CONSUMED AIRPLANE. CAUSE FUEL LEAK, FIRE UNKNOWN.

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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