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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Anahuac, TX · August 11, 1989

Date
August 11, 1989 · 14:05 local
Place
Anahuac, TX
Airport
Chambers County Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NPHG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3649N
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
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.

While ground crew was refueling right wing it caught fire. No one in aircraft. Substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE GROUND CREW WAS REFUELING RIGHT WING IT CAUGHT FIRE. NO ONE IN AIRCRAFT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.