# Incident 19980813045539I: Amtr RV6, Teterboro, NJ, August 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N956DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N956DB-2000-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burgess Dale RV-6 (registry code 05630A9, https://openairdocs.org/model/burgess-dale-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O360D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980813045539I

## Narrative

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

(-5)INTAKE FIRE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT TETERBORO. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO COWL UNDER ENGINE.  MOST LIKELY CAUSE WAS A STUCK CARBURETOR FLOAT.

## Other reports on N956DB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19981121031959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981121031959A), Nov 21, 1998: Amtr RV6 (N956DB), Annapolis, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft took off, witnesses heard the engine "pop", the acft wing clipped a tree. (-23) on approach to runway 21 at anp the aircraft struck some trees and crashed…

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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