- Date
- June 1, 1991, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N14SCBeech B95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910601018539A
- Case key
- 27225
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to secure the fuel cap during his preflight inspection. As a result, fuel leaked out of the wing tank onto the wing and ignited during the engine start procedures.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported he did not ensure that the airplane's right wing fuel cap had been locked following refueling. When the pilot and his pilot rated passenger were on their takeoff roll the passenger observed fuel spilling on the right wing. The pilot aborted the takeoff and shut down the right engine to allow the passenger to secure the cap. When the right engine was restarted an explosion and fire occurred on the right wing. The occupants exited the airplane with its engine running. When the airplane started rolling toward bystanders and parked airplanes, the pilot grabbed onto its tail and redirected it into a pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14SC
- Reported as
- Beech B95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-720
- Engine
- Continental IO-470L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jon A. Stevens
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- GEU · Glendale Municipal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 681 total · 123 in this make and model · 610 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEU, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.