# Incident 20131213024029I: Beech 35, Ft Pierce, FL, December 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2013, 12:29 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: Ft Pierce
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4080° N, 80.3210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fort Pierce Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4080&lon=-80.3210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3101V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3101V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,640 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131213024029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON HOLD, PILOT OBSERVED SOME SMOKE NEAR FRONT OF AIRCRAFT BUT THOUGHT IT WAS FROM JET IN FRONT OF HIM. PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY ATCT THAT FLAMES WERE SEEN NEAR THE ENGINE COWLING. PILOT SHUT AIRCRAFT DOWN AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AS FIRE RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVED, NO FIRE WAS SEEN BUT DAMAGE WAS PRESENT.

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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