2000-09 · NASA ASRS report 504658
A BEECH 58 ON LNDG ROLLOUT HAD THE R ENG QUIT. ON ATTEMPTING A RESTART IN HIGH WIND; THE PRIMING FUEL WAS BLOWN INTO THE EXHAUST AREA AND IGNITED INCURRING WING AND LOWER FUSELAGE DAMAGE.
ACFT DEPARTED XXX; US; ARPT FOR ZZZ; US; ARPT -- BOTH ARPTS AT ZZZ; US. AFTER LNDG; THE R-HAND ENG DIED DURING ROLLOUT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART; ENG WAS OVERPRIMED CAUSING EXCESS AVGAS RUNNING OUT OVERBOARD DRAINS; BUT BECAUSE OF HIGH WINDS; THAT GASOLINE WAS BLOWN TO EXHAUST AREA AND IGNITED CAUSING FIRE DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. THIS WAS FIRST FLT ON OVERHAULED ENGS. I SIGNED RETURN TO SVC ON THE INSTALLATION OF THIS ENG AND THE ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE ENGS AND THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN ON A REPOSITIONING FLT TO ANOTHER ARPT A FEW MI AWAY. THE RPTR SAID ON LNDG ROLLOUT THE R ENG QUIT AND A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED. THE RPTR STATED THE RESTART PROC ON A FUEL INJECTED ENG IS NOT HARD OR COMPLICATED; BUT SOME CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO NOT OVERPRIME THE ENG. THE RPTR SAID IN THIS CASE THE ENG WAS OVERPRIMED AND A HIGH WIND WAS PRESENT BLOWING THE FUEL COMING OUT OF THE OVERBOARD DRAINS INTO THE EXHAUST AREA AND IGNITING. THE RPTR STATED THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN; LOWER R WING SKIN AND R WING SPAR WERE DAMAGED. THE RPTR SAID THE FAA HAS MADE NO CONTACT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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