19990525041749I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB145ER · Wichita, KS · May 25, 1999

Date
May 25, 1999 · 07:15 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
C2XA
Aircraft
N14937
Reported as
EMB EMB145ER
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total500 in this make and model250 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.

(-23)Hung start occurred during start of right engine off of an air bottle at Wichita mid Continent airport. A flame was reported in the exhaust by ground personnel after engine was shut down. Pilot pulled engine fire handle and airport fire department extinguished the flame using afff agent. Passengers were deplaned with no further incident. Aircraft was taken to maintenance where the right engine was rinsed with water,a dry motoring run performed and the engine inspected with no damage noted. A performance run was performed with normal parameters. The aircraft was ferried to houston, Texas, for further inspection to be performed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)HUNG START OCCURRED DURING START OF RIGHT ENGINE OFF OF AN AIR BOTTLE AT WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT. A FLAME WAS REPORTED IN THE EXHAUST BY GROUND PERSONNEL AFTER ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. PILOT PULLED ENGINE FIRE HANDLE AND AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAME USING AFFF AGENT. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO MAINTENANCE WHERE THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS RINSED WITH WATER,A DRY MOTORING RUN PERFORMED AND THE ENGINE INSPECTED WITH NO DAMAGE NOTED. A PERFORMANCE RUN WAS PERFORMED WITH NORMAL PARAMETERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR FURTHER INSPECTION TO BE PERFORMED.