# Incident 20080601837849I: Cessna 401B, Richmond, VA, June 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2008, 23:00 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5052° N, 77.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5052&lon=-77.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7991Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7991Q-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601837849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON TAXI TO RAMP, FIRE ERRUPTED FROM UNDER THE LEFT WING.  PILOT UTILIZED AN ON-BOARD PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH A SMALL GROUND FIRE.  DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT FUEL BLADDER WAS LEAKING FUEL ON THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE CAUSING A FIRE ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N7991Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19800518052599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518052599I), May 18, 1980: Cessna 401 (N7991Q), Pasco, WA, Minor damage. Pilot flew into volcanic ash dust after being warned from control tower. Minor damage to windshield.

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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