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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Omaha, NE · June 19, 1981

Date
June 19, 1981 · 17:17 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Millard
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10GP
Reported as
Cessna 401
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total200 in this make and model150 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.

Fuel flow gauge line was leaking. This caused a fire in the engine compartment in flight.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL FLOW GAUGE LINE WAS LEAKING. THIS CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN FLIGHT.