19830128006269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421 · Riverside, CA · January 28, 1983

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.