# Incident 19960621025539I: Beech G18S, Fort Smith, AR, June 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1996, 20:39 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KVJA
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9312Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9312Y-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,917 total, 335 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621025539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19971006045479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971006045479A), Oct 6, 1997: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Crosbyton, TX, Substantial damage. (.4) On October 6, 1997, at 1830 central daylight time, a Beech G18S airplane, N9312Y, owned and operated by may air express of new boston, Texas, was…
- [Incident 19970614019419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970614019419I), Jun 14, 1997: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Midland, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on final approach to Midland, this ATP pilot put the gear down and got a green light, however, he heard an unusual grinding sound. A fly-by the…
- [Accident 19941117038359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941117038359A), Nov 17, 1994: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft reported unsafe landing gear indication, landing gear collapsed after landing.
- [Incident 19941025043869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941025043869I), Oct 25, 1994: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Shreveport, LA. Aircraft swerved off runway on landing as pilot unlocked the tail wheel prematurely. Rolled onto adjacent taxiway.
- [Incident 19880811062899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880811062899I), Aug 11, 1988: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway. Fuselage failure caused tail wheel to tilt.
- [Incident 19810325024789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325024789I), Mar 25, 1981: Beech G18S (N9312Y), Reading, PA, Minor damage. During rollout right main gear collapsed. Right drag brace failure.

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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