# Incident 19870706038459I: Beech 95B55, St Louis, MO, July 6, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1987, 13:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811J-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706038459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT BOOST PUMP ON HIGH DURING TAXI.  FIRE ERUPTED.  FUEL DRAIN LINE WAS PUSHED UP INSIDE COWLING.

## Other reports on N811J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19901123051739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901123051739A), Nov 23, 1990: Beech 95B55 (N811J), England, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Made high speed shallow ground impact in open field. Had heart disease. Evidence of possible alcohol ingestion.

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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