# Accident 20050807024849A: Cirrus SR20, Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, August 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
- Airport: Allaire Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1869° N, 74.1247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1869&lon=-74.1247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 57 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050807024849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N915DJ WAS PARKED NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 14 IN PREPARATION FOR ENGINE RUN-UP WHEN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ NOTICED THE ODOR OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OPENED THE DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM BENEATH THE RIGHT WING; CLOSER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BRAKE FIRE WHICH SHE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH WITH A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WHILE TAXIING, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. OTHER WITNESSES STATED THEY HAD OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL WHILE THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE TO THE RUNWAY. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE RIGHT TRAILING EDGE FLAP WAS BURNT, AND THE ENTIRE COMPOSITE MATERIAL FLAP WAS WARPED. THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE RIGHT WING WAS BURNT FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTBOARD TO THE WINGTIP. A SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED ONE WEEK PRIOR, ON JULY 27, 2005. THE CHICAGO FAA AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS OCCURRENCE IN AN EMAIL TO ^PRIVACY DATA^, AEROSPACE ENGINEER.

## 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 NYC05LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA131), Aug 7, 2005: Cirrus Design SR20 (N915DJ), Farmingdale, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fire that originated at the right main landing gear brake caliper and piston, during taxi, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

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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