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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cvac 240-27 · Fort Wayne, IN · September 17, 1998

Date
September 17, 1998 · 23:50 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
JRAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N148JR
Reported as
Cvac 24027
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R280097
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total750 in this make and model74 in the last 90 days

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.

Air taxi was starting up when the pilot heard loud pop which turned out to be a fire in the left engine.(-5) investigation revealed a 4" rupture in flexible fuel line between the fuel pump and the carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

AIR TAXI WAS STARTING UP WHEN THE PILOT HEARD LOUD POP WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE.(-5) INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 4" RUPTURE IN FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND THE CARBURETOR.