42.8421° N, 106.3213° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 13, 1978 · 07:40 local
Place
Casper, WY
Airport
Natrona Co International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N209PP
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total5,000 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.
Heater fire in flight caused by a pin hole in the fuel supply line and a chafed electrical wire.
As the FAA filed it
HEATER FIRE IN FLIGHT CAUSED BY A PIN HOLE IN THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE AND A CHAFED ELECTRICAL WIRE.