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Aircraft taxies off runway and engine stops. During restart, left engine catches fire and the airport operations people put the fire out at montgomery field, ca. Cessna 310.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345203 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : myf |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 345203 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Taxied off runway. Left engine stopped. Attempted to restart and the engine compartment caught fire. Airport operations extinguished the fire.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT TAXIES OFF RWY AND ENG STOPS. DURING RESTART, L ENG CATCHES FIRE AND THE ARPT OPS PEOPLE PUT THE FIRE OUT AT MONTGOMERY FIELD, CA. CESSNA 310.
Narrative: TAXIED OFF RWY. L ENG STOPPED. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART AND THE ENG COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. ARPT OPS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.