# Accident 20120517012469A: Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60, Houston, TX, May 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2012, 07:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DATA
- Location: 29.9853° N, 95.3469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9853&lon=-95.3469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617FB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617FB-2013-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60 (registry code 8100605, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-shorts-sd3-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS SHORTS SD3-60
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,308 total, 2,256 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120517012469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND HE HAD ABOUT 60 TO 100 LBS OF FUEL TO BURN OFF BEFORE TAKE-OFF.  PILOT SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO GET BEHIND HIS SCHEDULE SO HE CHOOSE TO RIDE THE BRAKES AND RUN ENGINES UP IN ORDER TO BURN OFF FUEL WHILE TAXIING.  THIS RESULTED IN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKE FIRE.  THE HIGH FLAMES HEATED UP THE RIGHT UNDERNEATH WING ROOT AREA.  PICTURES TAKEN AT SCENE WERE GIVEN TO NTSB AND THEY CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE WING SPAR MAY HAVE BEEN COMPREMISED FROM THE INTENSE HEAT.

## 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 CEN12LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA335), May 17, 2012: Short Bros Shorts SD3-60 (N617FB), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ improper decision to burn fuel during the taxi by operating the engines at a higher-than-normal power setting and using the wheel brakes to control taxi speed, which resulted in a wheel…

## Other reports on N617FB (4)

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

- [Incident 20040625013139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040625013139I), Jun 25, 2004: Stbros SD360 (N617FB), Honolulu, HI. (-23) Maintenance had removed and installed the emergency overhead door with no log book entry. Pilots performed preflight and failed to notice door not…
- [Incident 19890107006689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890107006689I), Jan 7, 1989: Stbros SD360 (N617FB), Fresno, CA. Pop noise and sudden roll to left, recovered and returned. Found inspection panel on top of left wing open.
- [Incident 19881102067269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102067269I), Nov 2, 1988: Stbros SD360 (N617FB), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Right engine hydraulic light came on and engine auto feathered. Returned to Burbank. Engine was replaced.
- [Incident 19881102065569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102065569I), Nov 2, 1988: Stbros SD360 (N617FB), Burbank, CA. Smoke detector in lavatory activated on climb. Returned. Found smoke detector battery defective. Replaced battery.

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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