34.2098° N, 118.4900° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 6, 1998 · 09:45 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N423AS
Reported as
Beech 65
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,700 total75 in this make and model30 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.
(-5)Aircraft was taxiing downwind. Engines were just leaned for taxi, left engine backfired, unburned fuel which had collected in the augmentor tube ignited and caught a wire bundle in the engine compartment on fire. Mr. Jackson pulled off the taxiway and the fire was put out with a fire extinguisher.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING DOWNWIND. ENGINES WERE JUST LEANED FOR TAXI, LEFT ENGINE BACKFIRED, UNBURNED FUEL WHICH HAD COLLECTED IN THE AUGMENTOR TUBE IGNITED AND CAUGHT A WIRE BUNDLE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE. MR. JACKSON PULLED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.