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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Johnson Richard W TEAM ROCKET F1 · El Cajon, CA · July 14, 2011

Date
July 14, 2011 · 10:50 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5901R
Reported as
Johnson Richard W Team Rocket F1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total150 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N5901R reported an engine fire prior to landing. Aircraft landed and pilot evacuated the aircraft. Aircraft had minor damage to the belly of the aircrft and the engine cowling. Fire appears to have been caused by a leaking fuel pump. Minor damage to the aircraft and pilot had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

N5901R REPORTED AN ENGINE FIRE PRIOR TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRFT AND THE ENGINE COWLING. FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A LEAKING FUEL PUMP.MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT HAD NO INJURIES.