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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B-60 · Anchorage, AK · October 20, 1985

Date
October 20, 1985 · 18:17 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Anchorage International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6LW
Reported as
Beech B60
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO541E1C4
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total400 in this make and model100 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.

Fire developed en route in left lighting panel for left fuel valve. Extinguished with a halon fire extinguisher.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE DEVELOPED EN ROUTE IN LEFT LIGHTING PANEL FOR LEFT FUEL VALVE. EXTINGUISHED WITH A HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER.