# Accident 19810126007559A: Cessna 414, Jackson, TN, January 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckeller
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6145° N, 88.8139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6145&lon=-88.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1678T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1678T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 144 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810126007559A

## Narrative

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

LEAKY EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET CAUSED FIRE IN RIGHT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. FIRE WENT OUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA037), Jan 26, 1981: Cessna 414 (N1678T), Jackson, TN, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N1678T (1)

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

- [Accident 19740922044059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740922044059A), Sep 22, 1974: Cessna 414 (N1678T), Silver Sprngs, FL, Substantial damage. Plt aborted tkof due susp eng mal. Eng surge and r eng manifold press dropped.

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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