# Accident 20100711038249A: Beech 58, Lagrange, GA, July 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Airport: Lagrange
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0086° N, 85.0725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0086&lon=-85.0725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N405RW-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 29,300 total, 215 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100711038249A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MADE A FUEL STOP IN LAGRANGE, GA WHERE THE LINEMAN FUELED BOTH WINGS TANKS TO THE FULL MARK IN THE FILLER NECK.  THE LINEMAN FAILED TO PROPERLY REINSTALL THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CAP.  THE PILOT DID NOT PHYSICALLY CHECK THE CAP ON PREFLIGHT AND DURING TAKEOFF THE CAP CAME OUT OF THE FILLER NECK. APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN GALLONS OF FUEL VENTED OUT OF THE TANK AND OVER THE TOP OF THE WING. THE PILOT RETURNED TO LAGRANGE AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.  BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THE CAP WAS PROPERLY INSTALLED.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES THE PILOT INITIATED A NORMAL HOT ENGINE START OF THE LEFT ENGINE.  DURING INITIATION START OF THE RIGHT ENGINE A BACK FIRE OCCURRED AND THE RIGHT WING IGNITED/EXPLODED.  THE PILOT CONTINUED TURNING THE ENGINE AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED.  THE LINEMAN SAW A SMALL FLAME REMAINING AND SPRAYED THE AREA WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  THE RIGHT WING BOX AREA FROM THE ENGINE PYLON OUT TO THE WING TIP EXPERIENCED RAPID INTERNAL EXPANSION AND BULGED THE WING SKIN. THE RIGHT AILERON EXPERIENCED INTERNAL RAPID EXPANSION AND ALSO BULGED THE AILERON SKIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA357), Jul 11, 2010: Beech 58 (N405RW), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not allowing sufficient time for fuel spill vapors to dissipate before starting the engine. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the fuel cap.

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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