# Incident 19840413022179I: Cessna 414A, Vahdalia, OH, April 13, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1984, 19:40 local time
- Place: Vahdalia, OH
- Airport: Cox Dayton International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N36997 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840413022179I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. RETURNED. FOUND NO. 6 PISTON HAD TWO HOLES BURNED THROUGH.

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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