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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B100 · Charlotte, NC · March 9, 1988

Date
March 9, 1988 · 18:10 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RSTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3852V
Reported as
Beech B100
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total300 in this make and model90 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.

Sparking and smoke from left pedestal area. Stopped while taxiing. Engine shut down. Evacuated. Short in pc board.

As the FAA filed it

SPARKING AND SMOKE FROM LEFT PEDESTAL AREA. STOPPED WHILE TAXIING. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. EVACUATED. SHORT IN PC BOARD.