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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB10TOBAGO · Lawrence, MA · September 8, 1988

Date
September 8, 1988 · 08:59 local
Place
Lawrence, MA
Airport
Lawrence Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N21AJ
Reported as
Socata TB10TOBAGO
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
760 total15 in this make and model28 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.

High speed taxi runs made to check nose steering. Heat from brakes fueled by hydraulic fluid caused wing fire.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH SPEED TAXI RUNS MADE TO CHECK NOSE STEERING. HEAT FROM BRAKES FUELED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID CAUSED WING FIRE.