# Incident 19781221021489I: Rkwell 690A, Detroit, MI, December 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1978, 14:15 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81416, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81416-1983-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690A (registry code 7630515, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 690A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781221021489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAKEOFF LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TAKEOFF ABORTED. EXHAUST HAD COME LOOSE AT THE CLAMP.

## Other reports on N81416 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830213003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830213003519A), Feb 13, 1983: Gulstm 690B (N81416), Winter Haven, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft did not accelerate to takeoff speed and ran off end of runway into a ditch and burned.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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