# Incident 20101013048939I: Beech 58, Chico, CA, October 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2010, 15:40 local time
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Chico Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Location: 39.7954° N, 121.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICO RGNL (CIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7954&lon=-121.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N581RC-2013-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-C (registry code 17209, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-C
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20101013048939I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N581RC, A BE-58 WAS UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONAL CHECKS FOR NEW BRAKE DISC REPLACEMENTS.  THE MECHANIC WHO TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO "BREAK-IN" THE NEW DISCS BY PERFORMING HIGH SPEED TAXI RUNS ACCOMPANIED BY SUCCESSIVE BRAKE APPLICATIONS.  AFTER SEVERAL BRAKE APPLICATIONS THE BRAKES OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE.  EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES, LANDING GEAR WIRING AND ONE LANDING GEAR DOOR.  THE MECHANIC WAS COUNSELED ON BRAKING TECHNIQUE AND OPERATION OF BRAKES DURING TAXI.

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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