# Incident 19951219046109I: Cessna 208B, Denver, CO, December 19, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1995, 05:50 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSYA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N991FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 246 in this make and model, 184 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951219046109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FEDERAL EXPRESS/CORPORATE AIR CARGO RAMP AT 16:30 MST ENROUTE TO CYS FOR POSITIONING FROM DEN. AIRCRAFT WAS EMPTY OF CARGO AND THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD WAS THE PILOT. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RUNWAY 08 VIA TAXIWAY "MIKE" WHICH TOOK APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. DIA FIRE DEPT. PERSONNEL WERE TRAINING NEAR BY THE RUNWAY AND NOTICED THAT SMOKE AND FLAME WAS COMING FROM THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT WAS NOTIFIED AND THE PROBLEM CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN TAXIED TO THE FIRST TAXI WAY WHERE THE FIRE WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISED BY THE DIA FIRE DEPT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ONLY TIME THAT HE NOTICED ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE RIGHT BRAKE, WAS WHEN HE TURNED FROM THE TAXI WAY TO RUNWAY 08, AND HE FELT THE BRAKE "GRABBING". FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE DISC HAD BEEN OVERHEATED AND WAS DISCOLORED. THE WHEEL CYLINDER WAS LEAKING HYD. FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE. THE DISC AND THE METALIC LININGS WERE WITHIN WEAR LIMITS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CORPORATE AIR'S DIRECTOR OF QUALITY ASSURANCE STATED THAT THEIR RECORDS INDICATED NO DELAYS/INTER                                                                               RUPTION IN 20,000 HRS OF CESSNA 208 OPERATIONS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL BRAKE MALFUNCTIONS.

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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