# Incident 19970422012749I: Beech 65B80, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, April 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1997, 12:25 local time
- Place: Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.7466° N, 64.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christiansted, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7466&lon=-64.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95HM-2003-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-B80 (registry code 1152812, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65B80
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970422012749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SEE ACCOMPANYING SHEET FOR PILOT STATEMENT. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: ENGINE BROKE FROM TOP LORD MOUNTS. FIRE CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND NACELLE PROP BLADE CUT LARGE GASH IN THE NOSE COMPARTMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT STATEMENT: AS I WAS STARTING MY TAKE OFF ROLL, APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. SO I IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP I SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE AREA. BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO ENGINE DROPPING DOWN. THEN I OPENED THE CREW DOOR AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THEN THE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

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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