# Incident 19830806062419I: Cessna 421C, Bartow, FL, August 6, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1983, 08:50 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88536 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,254 total, 513 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806062419I

## Narrative

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

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

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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