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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 650 · Buffalo, NY · April 3, 1997

Date
April 3, 1997 · 19:48 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N553AC
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC97LA068
Reported as
Cessna 650

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.

(-16) Fire apparently started in upper forward corner of baggage compartment where a wire bundle and a hydraulic line are adjacent and burned through the fuselage to the forward portion of the right engine pylon.

As the FAA filed it

(-16) FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED IN UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHERE A WIRE BUNDLE AND A HYDRAULIC LINE ARE ADJACENT AND BURNED THROUGH THE FUSELAGE TO THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE PYLON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.