34.7427° N, 87.6338° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 30, 1989 · 17:40 local
Place
Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport
Muscle Shoals
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
REXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N308PX
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
Reported engine
Garrett TPE33110U
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total3,313 in this make and model220 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.
Right engine fire warning on start up. Fired extinguisher. Evacuated. Alarm was false.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING ON START UP. FIRED EXTINGUISHER. EVACUATED. ALARM WAS FALSE.