# Incident 19810416069939I: Cessna 414, Montgomery, AL, April 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1981, 05:23 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 32.3006° N, 86.3940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD) (MGM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3006&lon=-86.3940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5637C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5637C-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (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 TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81IA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810416069939I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZH RIGHT ENGINE FIRE IN CRUISE PUT OUT FIRE, DIVERTED, LANDED OK. FOUND #3 PISTON FAILED #2 #5 ROD CAPS LOOSE

## 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 ATL81IA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA065), Apr 16, 1981: Cessna 414 (N5637C), Montgomery, AL, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N5637C (1)

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

- [Accident 20040131016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040131016479A), Jan 31, 2004: Cessna 414A (N5637C), Laupahoehoe, HI, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed honolulu VFR on a repositioning flight to hilo, HI for an air ambulance flight. Forecast weather was marginal VFR. Flight departed…

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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