19990913027419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Fort Smith, AR · September 13, 1999

Date: September 13, 1999 · 14:52 local
Place: Fort Smith, AR
Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N94JP
Reported as: Beech 58P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total1,400 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.

(-23) The pilot, and sole occupant, stated that while taxiing to parking he noticed smoke coming from the left engine cowling. He declared "mayday" over the radio and requested fire rescue personnel. He shut down the engine and evacuated the aircraft. Fire personnel put out the fire and the aircraft was towed to a maintenance facility for inspection. Maintenance personnel from tac air discovered the air conditioning belt severed and a fractured oil line in front of a turbocharger. It appeared that the broken belt may have damaged the oil line causing oil to spew on the hot turbocharger.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT, STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING. HE DECLARED "MAYDAY" OVER THE RADIO AND REQUESTED FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. FIRE PERSONNEL PUT OUT THE FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM TAC AIR DISCOVERED THE AIR CONDITIONING BELT SEVERED AND A FRACTURED OIL LINE IN FRONT OF A TURBOCHARGER. IT APPEARED THAT THE BROKEN BELT MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE OIL LINE CAUSING OIL TO SPEW ON THE HOT TURBOCHARGER.