# Incident 20060919020729I: Diamon DA40, St Louis, MO, September 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2006, 09:35 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: S52S
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N578KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA40
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060919020729I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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