# Incident 19840524042449I: Cessna U206A, Lancaster, PA, May 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1984, 17:43 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0421° N, 76.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0421&lon=-76.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4896F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4896F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206A (registry code 2073316, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 88 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524042449I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER. ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER LANDING. MECHANICS HAD FAILED TO SECURE MANIFOLD VALVE FUEL LINE.

## Other reports on N4896F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030315034999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315034999A), Mar 15, 2003: Cessna U206A (N4896F), Honesdale, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing and during rollout, the aircraft veered off the right side of runway 35 at Cherry Ridge (N30), PA, impacting a snowbank. The left wing…

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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