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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Bartow, FL · August 6, 1983

Date
August 6, 1983 · 08:50 local
Place
Bartow, FL
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N88536
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,254 total513 in this make and model86 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.

Flame and smoke from left engine. Put out by fire bottle. Crack in y section of exhaust ignited upper turbo hose.

As the FAA filed it

FLAME AND SMOKE FROM LEFT ENGINE. PUT OUT BY FIRE BOTTLE. CRACK IN Y SECTION OF EXHAUST IGNITED UPPER TURBO HOSE.