39.2703° N, 80.3618° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksburg, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 20, 1984 · 14:40 local
Place
Clarksburg, WV
Airport
Benedum
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N5756M
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total400 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot noticed smoke coming from right engine. After emergency landing it was found that exhaust stack had broken.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT ENGINE. AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING IT WAS FOUND THAT EXHAUST STACK HAD BROKEN.