# Incident 19810725056789I: Cvac STC240T, Ottumva, IA, July 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1981, 07:56 local time
- Place: Ottumva, IA
- Airport: Ottumwa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SMBA
- Location: 41.1072° N, 92.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OTTUMWA RGNL (OTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1072&lon=-92.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94279, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94279-2003-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 600-240D (registry code 2422660, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC240T
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5424
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19810725056789I

## Narrative

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

FOUND A FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N94279 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920814037489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920814037489I), Aug 14, 1992: Cvac STC240T (N94279), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. Fire warning on right engine. Engine shutdown. Precautionary landing. Found large hole in compressor case.
- [Incident 19820224005019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820224005019I), Feb 24, 1982: Cvac STC240T (N94279), Chicago, IL. Slid off icy turn around pad on taxi for takeoff. Freezing rain earlier. Pad not deiced.

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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