# Incident 20020629019559I: Beech H18, Orlando, FL, June 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2002, 08:57 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LXEA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117ME-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020629019559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 2002, AT AROUND 0900 LOCAL, THE LEFT ENGINE OF A BEECH H18, N117ME, CAUGHT FIRE DURING AN ENGINE START. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED QUICKLY AND NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE ENGINE OR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, FRANCIS BURRELLI, CERTIFICATE NO. 1449655, REPORTED NO ABNORMALITIES OTHER THEN THE ENGINE MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERPRIMED WITH FUEL DURING ENGINE START. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A CARGO FLIGHT BY AIR CARGO CLASSIC, UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO RETURN TO SERVICE UNDER THE PROVISIONS PROVIDED BY THE OPERATOR'S GENERAL OPERATIONS MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ARRIVED AT THE FORT MYERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FT. MEYERS, WITHOUT ANY ENGINE OR AIRFRAME DISCREPANCIES.

## Other reports on N117ME (1)

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

- [Incident 19900103005369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103005369I), Jan 3, 1990: Beech H18 (N117ME), Lake Charles, LA, Minor damage. Taxiing to ramp, left wing struck a parked aircraft. Pilot stated glare on wet windshield affected visibility.

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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