- Date
- June 23, 1986, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Toms River, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6006SBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860623080159A
- Case key
- 30361
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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
An inflight fire occurred shortly after takeoff. Smoke was observed trailing from the right eng & it was shut down. The plt returned & landed at the arpt. After landing, the fire was extinguished by linemen, a fireman & plts who were standing by. An inspection of the acft revealed that the fire was due to the outboard main fuel line chafing on the top of the exhaust manifold. The main fuel line had been improperly routed and there was an absence of clamps to secure the line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6006S
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-346
- Airframe hours
- 2,620
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John T. Mazzolla
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- N44
- Destination
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- N44 · Miller Airpark, runway 24, 4,900 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 267 total · 267 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.