# Incident 19830923066809I: Cessna 421, Ft Smith, AR, September 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1983, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ft Smith, AR
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3859° N, 94.3985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Smith, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3859&lon=-94.3985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N280BA-2012-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830923066809I

## Narrative

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

NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM COWLING. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. EXHAUST STACK ABOVE CLAMP AND WASTE GATE HAD BROKEN

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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