# Incident 19970113004489I: Cessna 310R, Orlando, FL, January 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6107X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6107X-2011-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970113004489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 0730 AM 1/13/97 PRE-FLIGHT AIRCRAFT - OK. STARTED BOTH ENGINES, RECEIVED IFR CLEARANCE TO GHJ NC. TURNED HEATER CONTROLS ON AND FELT WARM AIR IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS, GROUND CLEARED ME TO RUNWAY 7. TAXIED ABOUT 600 YDS. AND HEATER (GASOLINE) EXPLODED. SHUT OFF BOTH ENGINES AND EVACUATED AIRPLANE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHED.

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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