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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA5B · Sarasota-Brand, FL · November 23, 1994

Date
November 23, 1994 · 14:38 local
Place
Sarasota-Brand, FL
Airport
Sarasota-Brandenton Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N211JA
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total

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 stalled on taxi to ramp. Backfired on restart causing engine compartment fire. Over primed a factor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STALLED ON TAXI TO RAMP. BACKFIRED ON RESTART CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. OVER PRIMED A FACTOR.