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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65 · South Lake Taho, CA · August 22, 1990

Date
August 22, 1990 · 17:17 local
Place
South Lake Taho, CA
Airport
Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N65WE
Reported as
Beech 65
Reported engine
Lycoming IGSO480A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,000 in this make and model50 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.

Flames from engine after landing, extinguished by fire department. Loose bolt on nozzle assembly caused fuel leak.

As the FAA filed it

FLAMES FROM ENGINE AFTER LANDING, EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. LOOSE BOLT ON NOZZLE ASSEMBLY CAUSED FUEL LEAK.