# Incident 19830128006269I: Cessna 421, Riverside, CA, January 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1983, 16:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9533° N, 117.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9533&lon=-117.3961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421WM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 400 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830128006269I

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE ON APPROACH. PILOT PUT OUT FIRE ON GROUND. WIRE HOLDING FUEL LINE FROM EXHAUST SEVERED LINE.

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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