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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech STC400BEECH · Washington, DC · June 6, 1989

Date
June 6, 1989 · 11:00 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N400PL
Reported as
Beech STC400BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Branson tank being fueled experienced explosion on inside. Aircraft interior damaged. Cause under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

BRANSON TANK BEING FUELED EXPERIENCED EXPLOSION ON INSIDE. AIRCRAFT INTERIOR DAMAGED. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.