BEECHJET FUELING INCIDENT IS CITED IN REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

In a request for comments on how to prevent fuel tank ignition, the FAA cited a 1989 incident in which an auxiliary fuel tank ignited on a Beechjet 400A during refueling. The incident, however, involved the only business jet listed among 13 incidents of fuel tank ignition or explosion on civil jets...

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