40.8501° N, 74.0608° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 22, 1990 · 14:52 local
Place
Teterboro, NJ
Airport
Teterboro
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1868M
Reported as
Cndair CL6002B16
Reported engine
GE CF343A
People aboard
1
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.
Fire in engine on start up by a mechanic. Put out by fire extinguisher. Procedural error by mechanic caused fire.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN ENGINE ON START UP BY A MECHANIC. PUT OUT BY FIRE EXTINGUISHER. PROCEDURAL ERROR BY MECHANIC CAUSED FIRE.