# Incident 19971227044589I: Beech A36TC, Mesa, AZ, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 16:50 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777WU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 65 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227044589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AS REPORTED BY PILOT, AFTER LANDING TAXIED OFF ACTIVE RUNWAY: TURNED ON TAXIWAY TO HANGARS HAD TO SLOW FOR TRAFFIC. AS A/C SLOWED NOTICED SMOKE THEN FIRE. COMPLETED EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. MECHANIC FROM SAS FOUND A LOOSE B-NUT ON FUEL CONTROL. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF LOOSE B-NUT ON FUEL CONTROL LINE.

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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