# Incident 20231228018809I: Cessna 560XL, Morristown, NJ, December 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2023, 15:47 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3EJA
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series (registry code 52154, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,905 total, 1,141 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231228018809I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE THIRD LEG OF THE DAY. THE FIRST TWO ENGINE STARTS WERE UNEVENTFUL. THE FIRST TOOK PLACE IN KISO, THE SECOND IN KRDU, BOTH USING GPU FOR ENGINE START. IN ALL THREE INSTANCES THE GEN SWITCHES WERE "OFF" FOR ENGINE STARTING.

IN KMMU ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS STARTED FIRST USING THE GPU. AFTER DEPRESSING THE START BUTTON THE VOLTAGE DRAW ON THE GPU WENT TO JUST BELOW 10V BUT AS SOON AS THE ENGINE CAME ON SPEED IT INCREASED BACK TO 28.5V ON THE INDICATOR. ALSO, DURING THE RIGHT ENGINE START MULTIPLE CAS MESSAGES WERE ILLUMINTATE THAT WENT AWAY AFTER THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE STARTER HAD DISENGAGED. DURING THE LEFT ENGINE START THE SAME VOLTAGE DROP WAS NOTED AS THE STARTER ENGAGED. AGAIN, MULTIPLE CAS MESSAGES WERE ILLUMINATED. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS MUCH SLOWER TO START AND WITH NO ITT INDICATION BY THE 10 SECOND MARK, THE STARTER WAS DISENGAGED. THE LINE PERSON SIGNALED TO SHUT DOWN. NO FIRE INDICATION WAS OBSERVED BY THE CREW. THE PIC IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY AND EXITED TO ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG. THE GROUND CREW INDICATED FIRE HAD SHOT OUT THE TAIL PIPE. THE PIC WENT AROUND AND OBSERVED A FIRE STILL BURNING IN THE TAIL PIPE AREA OF THE ENGINE. THE PIC IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE CABIN AND HAD THE PASSENGERS EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. ASSISTANCE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS REQUESTED.THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUESHED WITH A HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUESHER.

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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