# Incident 19970723025189I: Beech 95C55, Birmingham, AL, July 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1997, 12:53 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1999J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1999J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970723025189I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE QUIT TURNING OFF LANDING RUNWAY. RESTARTED. DUE OVERPRIMING FIRE ERUPTED. CRANKING DREW FIRE IN.

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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