# Incident 19981206039699I: Beech 65, Van Nuys, CA, December 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 75 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981206039699I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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