# Incident 20030309004389I: Cessna 310K, Chandler, AZ, March 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2003, 14:50 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6953L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6953L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030309004389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2003 A CESSNA 310, N6953L, S/N 310K0053, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. HUBERT H. CHAPPELL, HAD AN ENGINE FIRE DURING TAXI TO TAKEOFF AT THE CHANDLER AIRPORT (P10), CHANDLER AZ. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR FIRE DAMAGE TO SOME WIRING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO ITS DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6953L (1)

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

- [Accident 19861115067579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861115067579A), Nov 15, 1986: Cessna 310K (N6953L), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard. The precautionary landing at a strange field was made to close an unlatched door.

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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