# Incident 20121130026259I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 1900D, Minneapolis, MN, November 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2012, 12:10 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 44.8820° N, 93.2218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN (MSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8820&lon=-93.2218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 1900D (registry code 7150005, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 1900D
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121130026259I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON RUNWAY 17 AWAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE.  WHEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN PLACED HIS HANDS ON THE POWER LEVERS AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD A FIRE ALARM AND SAW THE LEFT FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED.THE CAPTAIN LOOKED OUT HIS WINDOW TO VISUALLY ASSESS THE ENGINE AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE NACELLE AND EXITING NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPES.  HE CALLED FOR ENGINE FIRE MEMORY ITEMS AND PROCEEDED TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND ACTIVATE THE ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE.  ONCE THE CREW COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY ITEMS, IT APPEARED THAT THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED.  ATC WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE ABORTING THEIR TAKEOFF DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE.BECAUSE THE CAPTAIN FELT THAT THE FIRE COULD REIGNITE, HE ORDERED AN EMEGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH DOOR 6C (RIGHT WING).  HE THEN COMPLETED THE EVACUATION SECURING CHECKLIST AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N261GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20080326835639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326835639I), Mar 26, 2008: Beech 1900D (N261GL), Page, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On March 26,2008, at 1220 MST, a Raytheon aircraft company 1900D, operating as great lakes airlines flight 5187, N261GL, returned to land due to an open…

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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