33.9533° N, 117.3961° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 28, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Riverside, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N421WM
Reported as
Cessna 421
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total400 in this make and model220 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 approach. Pilot put out fire on ground. Wire holding fuel line from exhaust severed line.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE ON APPROACH. PILOT PUT OUT FIRE ON GROUND. WIRE HOLDING FUEL LINE FROM EXHAUST SEVERED LINE.