# Incident 20071112829499I: Spicke SPICKESRV6, Mobile, AL, November 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6268° N, 88.0681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6268&lon=-88.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spickes David E SPICKES RV-6 (registry code 05602WC, https://openairdocs.org/model/spickes-david-e-spickes-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPICKE SPICKESRV6
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 913 total, 538 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071112829499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 18 AT BROOKLEY FIELD (BFM), MOBILE, ALABAMA, RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED DURING TAXI, BRAKE OVERHEATED CAUSING A HYDRAULIC FIRE, FBO PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AND NO REPORTED INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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