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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 680FL · Great Falls, MT · September 26, 1978

Date
September 26, 1978 · 02:35 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6459S
Reported as
Rkwell 680FL
Reported engine
Lycoming IGSO540B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,910 total200 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.

Returned for landing with engine fire under control. Exhaust collector loose and ignited oil.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED FOR LANDING WITH ENGINE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. EXHAUST COLLECTOR LOOSE AND IGNITED OIL.