Short 360 crash, May 17, 2012, Houston-George Bush-Interc...
Short 360 accident on May 17, 2012 near Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilots decided to...
- Date: May 17, 2012
- Aircraft: Short 360
- Location: Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: The pilots decided to burn fuel by taxiing at higher-than-normal engine power while using the wheel brakes to control speed. This overheated the wheels, causing a wheel fire.
A Short 360 cargo aircraft was taxiing at Houston with its engines at high power to burn off excess fuel and was braking hard to control its speed. A fire started in the right wheel housing after the fusible plugs melted from overheating. The pilots evacuated and airport firefighters extinguished the fire.