30.4507° N, 91.1546° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 3, 1982 · 10:45 local
Place
Baton Rouge, LA
Airport
Ryan
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500JB
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total40 in this make and model200 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.
Fire in an engine. Shut down. Landing normal. Exhaust carry thru pipe broke. Exhaust melted cowling baffle wires.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN AN ENGINE. SHUT DOWN. LANDING NORMAL. EXHAUST CARRY THRU PIPE BROKE. EXHAUST MELTED COWLING BAFFLE WIRES.