# Incident 20000625032519I: Vought F4U5, Springfield, IL, June 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2000, 11:35 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49068 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U5
- Reported engine: PWA R280099W
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 40 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/20000625032519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 25, 2000 AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 22 AT SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AIRPORT, THE APPRROPRIATELT RATED PILOT EXPERIENCED FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE COWLING. THE PIC GOT ON THE BRAKES HARD AND CALLED THE TOWER INDICATING THE CORSAIR WAS ON FIRE.  HE THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE BY TAKING THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF AND SHUT OFF THE FUEL.  THE PILOT THEN SAW THE FLAMES ALMOST TO THE WINDSCREEN, AT WHICH TIME HE ELECTED TO EVACUATE AIRCRAFT, THE SPEED AT THE TIME WAS TO KNOTS OF LESS.  THE PIC JUMPED OUT OF THE COCKPIT AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP.  THE FIRE/RESCUE EQUIPMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  THE PILOT ESCAPED WITH OUT INJURY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE TO ALL COMPONENTS IN THE ACCESSORY AREA AND NACELEE COWL.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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