40.5936° N, 75.4784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 14, 1989 · 12:30 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N300K
Reported as
Cvac 440
Reported engine
Allison 501D13
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1,000 in this make and model100 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.
Engine fire light on while taxiing. Shut engine down. No fire. Fire detector loop was chaffed.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ON WHILE TAXIING. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. NO FIRE. FIRE DETECTOR LOOP WAS CHAFFED.