- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N91237Convair 240
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780604022329A
- Case key
- 141397
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1732 78/6/4 DAYTONA BEACH,FL CONVAIR 240 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1732 N91237 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 3317 TOTAL HOURS, 626 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTONA BEACH REG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FL DAYTONA BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED REMARKS- FIRE ERUPTED IN LEFT ENG DUE FUEL LEAK FROM LINE DETERIORATED BY AGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91237
- Reported as
- Convair 240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Daytona Beach Reg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N91237 · 1
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