# Incident 19961109039999I: Beech 1900D, South Bend, IN, November 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38537, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38537) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 75 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961109039999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING ENGINE START, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THE GENERATOR WOULD NOT PICK UP THE LOAD ON THE STBD. ENGINE. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE INTENDING TO RESTART WHEN PIC NOTICED N-1 RPM INDICATION WHEN ENGINE ROTATION SHOULD HAVE CEASED. THE "T" HANDLE WAS PULLED TO SHUT OFF FUEL TO THE ENGINE, NO EFFECT OBSERVED. THE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED, AFTER WHICH THE PIC ACTUATED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM. THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE EMERGENCY CREW RESPONDED. INVESTIGATION BY GROUND MAINTENANCE REVEALED THE STARTER HAD OVERHEATED CAUSING THE FIRE WARNING INDICATION. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE STARTER/GENERATOR AND THE FIRE BOTTLE.

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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