# Incident 20040204002439I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Indianapolis, IN, February 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454MA-2006-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040204002439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING IN INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE RAYTHEON RAMP TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN GROUND CREW NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE R/H WHEEL WELL. THE GROUND CREW PROCEEDED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A BOTTLE OF HALON EXTINGUISHER. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE THE FIRE UNTIL HE PARKED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDALS BOTTOM OUT WHEN HE WAS PARKING THE AIRCRAFT. FAA INSPECTORS INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND FOUND THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE CHAFFING WITH THE BRAKE CASING. ALSO, THERE WAS A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE LINE. GROUND CREW STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING, THEY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE DISK WAS CHERRY RED, MAYBE INDICATING A POSSIBLE BRAKE SEIZED. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE SPIRAL WRAP ON THE BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE MELTED AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE HYDRAULIC LINE.

## Other reports on N454MA (2)

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

- [Accident 20050804020879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804020879A), Aug 4, 2005: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N454MA), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 4, 2005, at approximately 0206 mountain daylight time, a twin-engine mitsubishi MU-2B-60 turbo-prop airplane, N454MA, was destroyed when it…
- [Incident 19920617023249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920617023249I), Jun 17, 1992: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N454MA), Jackson, WY. Vibration after liftoff. Returned. Rudder trim tab control rod had broken and flap was flapping.

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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