# Incident 19831212069749I: Cvac 440, San Diego, CA, December 12, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1983, 09:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Nas North Island
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FLTA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44825, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44825-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 42
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831212069749I

## Narrative

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

STACK FIRE ON STARTING ENGINE. COPILOT CALLED FIRE. BOTTLES USED. PASSENGERS UNLOADED. WIND BLOWING INTO TAIL PIPE.

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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