# Incident 20080531842729I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Beaumont/Port, TX, May 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2008, 12:50 local time
- Place: Beaumont/Port, TX
- Airport: Southeast Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43KH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43KH-2012-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heronimus Kevin A GLASAIR III (registry code 056180A, https://openairdocs.org/model/heronimus-kevin-a-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080531842729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE JUST HAD NEW BRAKES INSTALLED, PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRPLANE TO BREAK IN BRAKES (05/31/2008).  PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY TOWER THAT WHEEL WERE ON FIRE.  PILOT MOVED AIRPLANE OFF THE TAXIWAY ON TO GRASS, AIRPORT FIRE DEPT PUT FIRE OUT ON AIRPLANE AND GRASS FIRE STARTED BY PLANE.  BOTH MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND BRAKE CALIPERS WERE DESTROYED.  LEFT HAND WING HAS HEAT DAMAGE, AS INDICATED BY SCORCHING AND BLISTERING ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF RIGHT HAND WING IN THE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT AREA.  AIRPLANE INSPECTED AFTER IT WAS MOVED TO HANGAR.

## Other reports on N43KH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110930024519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930024519A), Sep 30, 2011: Heronimus Kevin A GLASAIR III (N43KH), Falls Of Rough, KY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Glassair iii experimental aircraft was modified on 10/21/2010 to remove the Lycoming IO-540 engine and install a chevrolet corvette lsi engine with an aluminum…

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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