TOMS RIVER, NJ, USA
N6006S
BEECH B-60
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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