# Incident 20180511007729I: Beech A23, Fort Worth, TX, May 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2018, 22:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Hicks Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1470L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1470L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180511007729I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MAY 11, 2018, AT 1745 LOCAL TIME. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED NO DAMAGE.  HOWEVER, THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM.  THE INCIDENT WAS A ROUGH RUNING ENGINE WHILE INFLIGHT FROM ADDISON AIRPORT, DALLAS TEXAS(KADS), TO HICKS AIRFIELD FORT WORTH, TEXAS (T67).

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 3500 FT. AND OVER KDFW WHEN THE ENGINE FIRST STARTED RUNNING ROUTH.  HE BEGIN LEANING OUT THE FUEL MIXTURE IN ORDER TO INCREASE ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND BURN THE CARBON DEPOSITS BUILD UP OFF.  HE LET THE MIXTURE RUN LEAN FOR 2-3 MINUTES AND NOTHING HAPPENED.  WHILE SOUTH OF ALLIANCE AIRPORT (KAFW) THE PILOT STARTED SMELLING A BURNING SMELL. HE IMMEDIATELY CHECKED ALL HIS ENGINE INSTRUMENT GAUGES AND ALL WERE NORMAN.  HE SAW NO VISIBLE SIGN OF SMOKE OR FLAMES SO HE PROCEEDED TO HICKS AIRFIELD (KT67). UPON LANDING AT HICKS AIRFIELD, HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR  FIRE.  HE DISCOVERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING BURN ON THE OUTSIDE AND A HOLE IN THE COWLING ABOUT THE SIZE OF A  DOLLAR  IN LENTH.

THE ON SCENE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING BURNED FROM EXHAUST HEAT AND FIRE. THE #3 EXHAUST STACK HAD BURN A HOLE IN THE COWLING ABOUT THE SIDE OF A  DOLLAR IN LENGTH. THE EXHAUST HEAT WAS SO INTENSE THAT THE #3 CYCLINDER AND EXHAUST STACK MATING SURFACE WERE BLUE IN COLOR, CAULING THE EXHAUST STACK TO BURNED THROUGH THE ENGINE FLANGE SEPARATING THE EXAUST STACK FROM THE CYLINDER.  THE HOT EXHAUST STACK WAS DISCOVERED RESTING ON THE ENGINE LOWER COWLING DECK.

## Other reports on N1470L (1)

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

- [Accident 19810725045789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725045789A), Jul 25, 1981: Beech A23 (N1470L), Superior, WI, Substantial damage. Tire blew during takeoff and pilot attempted to continue but aircraft hit runway marker and entered high grass.

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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