# Incident 19991231036329I: Beech 58, Raleigh-Durham, NC, December 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1999, 17:40 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: S8AA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525AF-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991231036329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE HAD STARTED THE LEFT ENGINE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE RIGHT ENGINE.  DURING THE STARTING PROCESS SHE USED THE FLOODED PROCEDURE.  SHE HEARD THE ENGINE BACKFIRE AND PULLED THE MIXTURE BACK.  SHE THEN SAW AN ORANGE FLICKER ON THE COWLING AND OBSERVED THE LINE PERSONNEL TELLING HER TO SHUT DOWN.  SHE SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  SHE OBSERVED TWO SMALL FAMES ON THE EXHAUST PIPES OF THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THESE WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE LINE PERSONNEL WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BEFORE THE FIRE AND RESCUE CREW ARRIVED.  SHE HAD A MECHANIC COME OUT AND FISUALLY INSPECT THE ENGINE WITH THE COWLING REMOVED.  HE THEN RAN BOTH ENGINES UP AND NOTED NO PROBLEMS.  THE PILOT THEN STARTED BOTH ENGINES AND DEPARTED.  SHE REPORTED HAVING NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

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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