# Accident 20000906014679A: Beech 58, Oklahoma City, OK, September 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2000, 09:52 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5004° N, 97.6393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5004&lon=-97.6393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84DE-2008-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000906014679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE A/C ON 17R. HE EXITED THE RWY AT ALPHA 5, AT THE TIME THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD THE BOOST PUMP ON, PRIMED THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO RESTART IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT NOTICED FLAMES. THE PILOT CRANKED THE ENGINE SOME MORE TO TRY TO EXTINGUISH WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN ENGINE FIRE. THE FIRE DID NOT GO OUT;THE CREW EXITED THE A/C. THE FIRE SPREAD ON THE GROUND BENEATH THE A/C, BURNING THE LOWER FUSELAGE AREA. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2000, AT 0952 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE58 TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N84DE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING AT THE WILEY POST AIRPORT, NEAR BETHANY, OKLAHOMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY DAVIDSON TRANSPORT, INC., OF RUSTON, LOUISIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE TO THE WILEY POST AIRPORT SO THE NOSE RADOME COVER COULD BE PAINTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND HE WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE OFF OF THE RUNWAY WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT RESTARTED THE ENGINE; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE SOON LOST POWER AGAIN. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A THIRD START WHEN THE PASSENGER NOTICED A FIRE NEAR THE RIGHT WING ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED THE RIGHT ENGINE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT-OFF AND CONTINUED CRANKING THE ENGINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUCK THE FIRE INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BURN AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO FIND HELP. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED ON ITS OWN ACCORD. THE AIRPLANE'S FUSELAGE AND RIGHT WING SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, AND A MECHANIC, WHO EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE EVENT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF RUPTURED FUEL LINES OR LOOSE FITTINGS. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN A COMPLETED PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT (NTSB FORM 6120.1/2) FROM THE PILOT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW00LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA251), Sep 6, 2000: Beech BE58 (N84DE), Bethany, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the fire, which ignited in the engine compartment for undetermined reasons while taxiing.

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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