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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA 40 · St Louis, MO · September 19, 2006

Date: September 19, 2006 · 09:35 local
Place: St Louis, MO
Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: S52S
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N578KS
Reported as: Diamon DA40
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N578KSRegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40S/N 40.429 · Built 2004 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft taxied from skyline aeronautics to 26L (about a 2.5 mile distance), because 26R was closed. One of the pilots smelled smoke after stopping at hold line on 26L. One of the pilots then requested to taxi away from the hold line explaining smoke was observed. Spirit ground control then advised the aircraft that flames were being observed and suggested the evacuation of the aircraft. The aircraft was evacuated and the flames were extinguished by airport fire and rescue crew.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT TAXIED FROM SKYLINE AERONAUTICS TO 26L (ABOUT A 2.5 MILE DISTANCE), BECAUSE 26R WAS CLOSED. ONE OF THE PILOTS SMELLED SMOKE AFTER STOPPING AT HOLD LINE ON 26L. ONE OF THE PILOTS THEN REQUESTED TO TAXI AWAY FROM THE HOLD LINE EXPLAINING SMOKE WAS OBSERVED. SPIRIT GROUND CONTROL THEN ADVISED THE AIRCRAFT THAT FLAMES WERE BEING OBSERVED AND SUGGESTED THE EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED AND THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED BY AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE CREW.