# Incident 20190316001479I: Goad James LIGHTNING, Searcy, AR, March 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Airport: Searcy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2106° N, 91.7375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEARCY RGNL (SRC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2106&lon=-91.7375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N166JG-2019-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goad James LIGHTNING (registry code 056239N, https://openairdocs.org/model/goad-james-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOAD JAMES LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190316001479I

## Narrative

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

ON 16MAR19 AT (KSRC)SEARCY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SEARCY,AR. AT 1230 LCT, N166JG, S/N 41, A EXPERMENITAL LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE HIGH SPEED TAXIS. AFTER MULTIPLE HIGH SPEED RUNS ON NORTH TAXIWAY A , THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE COCKPIT FLOOR AND AIRCRAFT COASTED OFF THE TAXIWAY WHERE THE RIGHT WHEEL PANTS CAUGHT FIRE.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES.  THIS WAS A MAINTNENANCE TAXI AND THERE WAS NO INTENT OF FLIGHT.

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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