# Incident 20250623007799I: Abel Michael S RV-10, Erie, PA, June 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1166° N, 80.0735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1166&lon=-80.0735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N943MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N943MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Abel Michael S RV-10 (registry code 05628MN, https://openairdocs.org/model/abel-michael-s-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ABEL MICHAEL S RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250623007799I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20TH, 2025, A VANS RV-10 AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM 29D, GROVE CITY AIRPORT, TO ERI, ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED ON A TIE DOWN FOR THREE DAYS.  ON JUNE 23RD, 2025, THE VANS RV-10 WAS INVOLVED IN A GROUND FIRE INCIDENT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON JUNE 23RD, THE PIC PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, PREPARED FOR DEPARTURE, AND TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 8000 FEET FROM THE NORTH COAST FBO TIE DOWN AREA TO THE RUNWAY 24 THRESHOLD.  AS THE PIC WAS MAKING THE RIGHT TURN FROM THE TAXIWAY ONTO RUNWAY 24, THE PIC SMELLED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE SMELL OF RUBBER, FOLLOWED BY THE BRAKES BECOMING INEFFECTIVE.  THE PIC NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE LOSS OF THE BRAKES AND REQUESTED IT TO BE TOWED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PIC NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE RIGHT WING.  THE PIC NOTIFIED THE TOWER THAT THEY WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LEFT SIDE, THE PIC VISUALLY NOTED FIRE COMING FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL AREA.  THE PIC ASSISTED THE EVACUATION OF THE ONLY PASSENGER ON BOARD.  THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE NORTH COAST FBO AND STORED INSIDE OF A HANGAR.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AS NOTED:

•	RIGHT MLG TIRE WAS FLAT SPOTTED AND HAD EXTENSIVE CRACKING THROUGHOUT DUE TO THE FIRE.

•	RIGHT MLG WHEEL FAIRING WAS MISSING DUE TO THE WHEEL FIRE.

•	RIGHT MLG WHEEL SHOWED SIGN’S OF BEING OVERHEATED.  THE FIBER-LOCK STYLE NUTS THAT SECURE THE WHEEL HALVES APPEARED TO BE MELTED.

•	RIGHT MLG BRAKE CALIPER WAS LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID ONTO THE HANGAR FLOOR.

•	RIGHT MLG GEAR FAIRING WAS BURNT AND BRITTLE.

•	RIGHT MLG GEAR TO WING FAIRING WAS BURNT AND BRITTLE.

•	RUDDER DID NOT HAVE CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY.  RUDDER CONTROL CABLES WERE ATTACHED AT THE RUDDER CONTROL HORN BUT APPEARED TO BE SLACKED.

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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