# Incident 19880324015789I: Cessna 414A, Fresno, CA, March 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5361C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324015789I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND OIL BEING DISCHARGED FROM COWLING. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND STARTER ADAPTOR HOUSING CRACKED.

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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