# Incident 19990525041749I: Emb EMB145ER, Wichita, KS, May 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1999, 07:15 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14937, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14937-2016-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145EP (registry code 3260221, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145ER
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525041749I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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