61.2181° N, 149.9003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 3, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3266Q
Reported as
Cessna 402CESSNA
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Flight returned after engine fire. Found exhaust pipe had sepetated from cylinder.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE FIRE. FOUND EXHAUST PIPE HAD SEPETATED FROM CYLINDER.