# Incident 19871015081689I: Casa C212200, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, October 15, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1987, 16:50 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mayaguez
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.2012° N, 67.1418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayagüez, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2012&lon=-67.1418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CASA C212200
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,125 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871015081689I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FIRE WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. FIRE BOTTLES USED. PASSENGERS EXITED ON TAXIWAY. FOUND A BROKEN FUEL LINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA011), Oct 15, 1987: CASA C-212-200 (N436CA), Mayaguez, PR, incident, minor damage

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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