# Incident 20091218052499I: Beech A60, Apopka, FL, December 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Airport: Apopka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6806° N, 81.5095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apopka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6806&lon=-81.5095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104JT-2020-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A60 (registry code 1153604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-541-E1A4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091218052499I

## Narrative

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

AT 1500 FEET AGL DURING A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT 4 MILES WEST OF APOPKA, FLORIDA, THE PILOT NOTED A REDUCTION IN HIS FUEL FLOW INDICATION ON ONE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY BLUE FUEL STAINS COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE COWL FOLLOWED BY FIRE COMING FROM THE VENT ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT ENGINE COWL.  HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND WHEN HE SAW THE FIRE HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  THE EVENT LASTED ABOUT 10 SECONDS.  DAMAGE CONSISTED OF BLISTERED PAINT INSIDE THE TOP LEFT ENGINE COWL AND DISCOLORATION OF THE PAINT AFT OF THE TOP INBOARD COWL VENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE O-RING SEAL ON THE FORWARD END OF THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER HAD BECOME BRITTLE AND ALLOWED FUEL TO ESCAPE WHILE UNDER PRESSURE.  THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER WAS LAST OVERHAULED 4/20/98.THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 18.4 HOURS PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER WAS NOT OVERHAULED AT THAT TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON 6/30/09 AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THAT INSPECTION.  A FUEL PRESSURE CHECK OF THE RIGHT ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER WAS ALSO LEAKING ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, THOUGH NOT AS BADLY.  THE TRANSMITTER PART NUMBER WAS 9133-54-B1 MANUFACTURED BY RAGEN DATA SYSTEMS TO TSO C44A FOR BEECHCRAFT.

## Other reports on N104JT (1)

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

- [Incident 20130107000179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130107000179I), Jan 7, 2013: Beech A60 (N104JT), Hattiesburg, MS, Minor damage. During approach landing the pilot put the landing gear handle in the down position and did not get a safe gear light on the rt main landing gear. The pilot…

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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