# Incident 19980917024879I: Cvac 24027, Fort Wayne, IN, September 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1998, 23:50 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JRAA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148JR-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-27 (registry code 2422642, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 24027
- Reported engine: PWA R280097
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980917024879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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