# Accident 19811231084189A: Cessna 340A, Pueblo, CO, December 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1981, 21:30 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.2544° N, 104.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pueblo, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2544&lon=-104.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6272N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6272N-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,299 total, 165 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811231084189A

## Narrative

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

HEAT FROM TURBOCHARGER WARPED TEFLON GUIDE TUBE, JAMMING THROTTLE CABLE. LANDED SHORT AFTER SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE.

## 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 DEN82FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA014), Dec 31, 1981: Cessna 340A (N6272N), Pueblo, CO, destroyed

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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