# Incident 19910208005849I: Beech 1900C, Groton - New Lo, CT, February 8, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1991, 14:12 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31703, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 154 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910208005849I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING IN FLIGHT. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. NO FIRE. HAD FAULTY FIRE LOOP.

## Other reports on N31703 (2)

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

- [Incident 20040426005879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040426005879I), Apr 26, 2004: Beech 1900C (N31703), Seattle, WA. (-23) On April 26, 2004 ameriflight flight 1988, a BE-1900-C aircraft with captain luis a. selanikio as pilot in command departed walla walla, WA (alw) with…
- [Incident 19920514018729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920514018729I), May 14, 1992: Beech 1900C (N31703), Altoona, PA. Smoke from fuel panel on climb. Turned standby pump off. Returned. Left boost pump circuit breaker was corroded.

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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