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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 36A · Sioux Falls, SD · July 24, 1996

Date: July 24, 1996 · 18:40 local
Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Airport: Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N900TT
Reported as: Lear 36A
Reported engine: Allison 250C20
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total350 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: on July 24, 1996, on a flight from chamberlain, SD direct to Sioux Falls, SD, in VMC on an IFR flight, approximately 15 miles west of fsd, during the descent, smoke began to fill the cabin of N900TT, a Beech 36A with an allison turbine conversion. Electrical power was shut off after the aircraft was slowed down to gear extension speed. Pilot and rated passenger flew the airplane and extinguished the fire that had erupted beneath the pilot's seat. The descent allowed for the aircraft to reach the destination airport and a successful landing was completed and the aircraft was shutdown. A fuel line had been arced by an electrical wire developing a pin hole in the fuel line. Minor smoke damage and burned electrical wires resulted.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 24, 1996, ON A FLIGHT FROM CHAMBERLAIN, SD DIRECT TO SIOUX FALLS, SD, IN VMC ON AN IFR FLIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES WEST OF FSD, DURING THE DESCENT, SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN OF N900TT, A BEECH 36A WITH AN ALLISON TURBINE CONVERSION. ELECTRICAL POWER WAS SHUT OFF AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED DOWN TO GEAR EXTENSION SPEED. PILOT AND RATED PASSENGER FLEW THE AIRPLANE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE THAT HAD ERUPTED BENEATH THE PILOT'S SEAT. THE DESCENT ALLOWED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO REACH THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN. A FUEL LINE HAD BEEN ARCED BY AN ELECTRICAL WIRE DEVELOPING A PIN HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE AND BURNED ELECTRICAL WIRES RESULTED.