From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
When the aicraft was taxiing the pilot was alerted by the tower controler that flames were comming out from under the right pontoon. The aircraft was then stopped, the pilot exited the aircraft and used the on board fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire. The aircraft was then towed to the hanger at privacy data omitted. Upon mx inspection it was reported the right brake overheated, seals (packing/oring) in the caliper failed due to heat and haudraulic fluid then leaked onto the roter catching fire.
As the FAA filed it
WHEN THE AICRAFT WAS TAXIING THE PILOT WAS ALERTED BY THE TOWER CONTROLER THAT FLAMES WERE COMMING OUT FROM UNDER THE RIGHT PONTOON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN STOPPED, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND USED THE ON BOARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE HANGER AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON MX INSPECTION IT WAS REPORTED THE RIGHT BRAKE OVERHEATED, SEALS (PACKING/ORING) IN THE CALIPER FAILED DUE TO HEAT AND HAUDRAULIC FLUID THEN LEAKED ONTO THE ROTER CATCHING FIRE.
Other reports on N143CA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.