A beech 58 on landing rollout had the right engine quit. On attempting a restart in high wind, the p...

Attributes
ACN	504658
Time
Date	200009
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	maintenance : technician maintenance : inspector
Qualification	technician : inspection authority technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance technician : 9
ASRS Report	504658
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft departed XXX, us, airport for ZZZ, us, airport -- both airports at ZZZ, us. After landing, the r-hand engine died during rollout. While attempting to restart, engine 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 flight on overhauled engines. I signed return to service on the installation of this engine and the aircraft. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that he and another technician replaced the engines and the airplane was flown on a repositioning flight to another airport a few mi away. The reporter said on landing rollout the right engine quit and a restart was attempted. The reporter stated the restart procedure on a fuel injected engine is not hard or complicated, but some care must be taken to not overprime the engine. The reporter said in this case the engine was overprimed and a high wind was present blowing the fuel coming out of the overboard drains into the exhaust area and igniting. The reporter stated the lower fuselage skin, lower right wing skin and right wing spar were damaged. The reporter said the FAA has made no contact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 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.

Narrative: 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.

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.

A beech 58 on landing rollout had the right engine 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.