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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310K · Atlanta, GA · April 4, 1991

Date
April 4, 1991 · 20:15 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7092L
Reported as
Cessna 310K
Reported engine
Continental IO470V
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,660 total300 in this make and model200 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.

Engine quit while taxiing. Explosion on attempted hot start. Suspect fuel vapor buildup in the nacelle.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE TAXIING. EXPLOSION ON ATTEMPTED HOT START. SUSPECT FUEL VAPOR BUILDUP IN THE NACELLE.