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.
Narrative: on may 30, 1996, at 2039 CDT, a Beechcraft, G-18-S, N9312Y, was in position on runway 25 at Fort Smith, Arkansas when the air transport certificated pilot noticed what appeared to be a fire in the left engine. The crew evacuated the aircraft and extinguished the fire. Inspection of the left engine revealed a faulty engine driven fuel pump. Fuel, leaking from a machined orifice, was ignited by exhaust flame during taxi. Probable internal failure of fuel pump. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON MAY 30, 1996, AT 2039 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT, G-18-S, N9312Y, WAS IN POSITION ON RUNWAY 25 AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN THE AIR TRANSPORT CERTIFICATED PILOT NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. INSPECTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE REVEALED A FAULTY ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. FUEL, LEAKING FROM A MACHINED ORIFICE, WAS IGNITED BY EXHAUST FLAME DURING TAXI. PROBABLE INTERNAL FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.
Other reports on N9312Y · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.