# Accident 20040309005849A: Beech 65, Sedona, AZ, March 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751T-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO480*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 477 total, 213 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040309005849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 @ SEZ AND TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY @ A-7 TAXIWAY. WHILE MAKING THE TURN-OFF ONTO A-7, THE OUTBOARD L/E PORTION OF THE LEFT WING SUDDENLY EXPLODED. A SMALL FIRE RESULTED FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE FUEL FUMES. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE A/C AND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH THE ON-BOARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE A/C WAS TOWED TO THE NORTH RAMP @ SEZ AND PARKED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED @ 1400 HRS ON 3-9-04. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX04LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA159), Mar 9, 2004: Beech 65 (N751T), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: an explosion of the left outboard wing, resulting from a leaking fuel line and the ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the outboard wing bays; the source of ignition energy for the…

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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