# Incident 20221212019409I: Cessna 340, Sarasota, FL, December 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2022, 14:47 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton Internation
- 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: N9WJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9WJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221212019409I

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022, A CESSNA 340,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSRQ) IN SARASOTA, FL.  THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE DEPARTED KSRQ RUNWAY 4 FOR A VFR FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED.  AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSPONDER AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO KSRQ.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 32. DURING THE TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP, KSRQ AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.  THE PILOT STOPPED AND SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY PUT OUT THE FIRE.  THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIRCRAFT SHUTTING DOWN.

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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