# Incident 20190713011489I: Beech E-55, Sarasota, FL, July 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2019, 15:15 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 703 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190713011489I

## Narrative

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

ON 13 JULY 24, 2019 THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE ?FULL STOP, TAXI AND TAKEOFF? MANEUVERS. WHILE WAITING AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED. RESTARTING OF THE ENGINE WAS ATTEMPTED 3 TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. AT THAT TIME, THE PILOT REQUESTED TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. WHILE TAXIING SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. ARFF RESPONDED, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE OPERATOR?S RAMP. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SHOWED FIRE DAMAGE THAT EXCEEDED THE DAMAGE THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED STARTER OR ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE UPPER COWLING SHOWED SIGNS OF FIRE DAMAGE FORWARD AND AFT OF THE REAR VERTICAL BAFFLE ASSEMBLY. THE ENTIRE AREA AFT OF THE BAFFLE IS COVERED IN SOOT. THE DAMAGE TO THE UPPER COWLING WAS LOCATED ABOVE THE STARTER (AFT) AND ABOVE THE AFTERMARKET FUEL FLOW TRANSDUCER INSTALLED VIA STC FOR DIGITAL FUEL FLOW GAUGES (FORWARD). THIS FUEL FLOW TRANSDUCER INTERFERES WITH THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE MAGNETOS, WHICH OCCURRED ON 11 JULY 2019. THE OPERATOR STATED IT IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE TRANSDUCER TO FACILITATE THE MAGNETO MAINTENANCE. FIRE DAMAGE TO THE MAGNETOS, PLUG WIRES AND FIRE SLEEVE AROUND THE FUEL LINE INDICATES A FIRE ALSO OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF THE FUEL FLOW TRANSDUCER. AFT OF THE BAFFLE MOST OF THE RUBBER COMPONENTS ARE MELTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT, THE INSULATION ON MOST OF THE WIRING HAS BEEN BURNED OFF AND THE FUEL LINE FIRE SLEEVE IS MISSING. THE FUEL LINE IS ROUTED NEXT TO THE STARTER. FIRE DAMAGE IS APPARENT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FUEL LINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

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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