19850215026199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401A · Milwaukee, WI · February 15, 1985

Date: February 15, 1985 · 02:45 local
Place: Milwaukee, WI
Airport: General Mitchell
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ARRA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N622DC
Reported as: Cessna 401A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,700 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N622DCRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18503465 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine ran rough and heard loud noise before bursting into flames. Safe landing. Cylinder separated.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND HEARD LOUD NOISE BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. SAFE LANDING. CYLINDER SEPARATED.

Other reports on N622DC · 1

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

Accident 19781206041379ATo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · ILDec 6, 1978 · Reported as Cessna 401 · Substantial damage