33.7670° N, 118.1892° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 25, 1982 · 07:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81BN
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model50 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 left engine on climb. Shut off fuel. Fire went out. Found loose b nut at fuel pump outlet line.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE ON CLIMB. SHUT OFF FUEL. FIRE WENT OUT. FOUND LOOSE B NUT AT FUEL PUMP OUTLET LINE.