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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Colt 240A · Phoenix, AZ · September 24, 1992

Date
September 24, 1992 · 06:40 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N240WB
Reported as
Colt 240A
People aboard
11
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total75 in this make and model60 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.

While attempting a takeoff,envelope fabric caught fire. Takeoff aborted. Attempted to take off in stiff wind.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF,ENVELOPE FABRIC CAUGHT FIRE. TAKEOFF ABORTED. ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF IN STIFF WIND.