# Incident 19901018053729I: Beech 1900C, Sacramento, CA, October 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1990, 06:10 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWJA
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15553, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15553-2000-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65B
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901018053729I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE EXHAUST STACK FIRE ON START UP AT GATE. FIRE WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS ORDERED.

## Other reports on N15553 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930623031339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930623031339I), Jun 23, 1993: Beech 1900C (N15553), Fresno, CA. Unsafe gear light on final. Manually extended gear. Smoke in cabin. Switch bracket bent. Faulty evaporator motor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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