# Incident 20000210001349I: Beech 95A55, Lancaster, PA, February 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2000, 09:20 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 45 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000210001349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT LNS AND DURING THE TAXI IN, PILOT INDICATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE IDLED ROUGH.  HE ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE IDLE SPEED WITH THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING.  ATTEMPTED RESTART, RAN ROUGH AT 400 RPM AND QUIT AGAIN.  ATTEMPTED START ONE MORE TIME WITH SAME RESULTS.  AS PILOT WAS SECURING ENGINE, HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE NACELLE.  HE CONTACTED GROUND TO TELL THEM HE HAD AN ENGINE FIRE.  DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED AND EXTINUISHED FIRE.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL DRAIN LINE FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DID NOT HAVE A PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXIT HOLE IN THE ENGINE COWLING ALLOWING EXCESS FUEL TO BE DEPOSITED INSIDE THE BOTTOM COWLING WHICH WAS IGNITED BY THE ATTEMPTED RESTARTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                             END.

## Other reports on N99BG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150401004089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150401004089I), Apr 1, 2015: Beech 95-A55 (N99BG), Williston, ND, Minor damage. Pilot on approach put gear down heard motor run did not see green light so tried to recycle gear. Pilot got busy flying the aircraft with gusty winds and did…

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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