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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · Tatum, NM · April 12, 1991

Date
April 12, 1991 · 17:45 local
Place
Tatum, NM
Airport
Lea County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GSGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N22WE
Reported as
Cessna 402B
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total3,500 in this make and model

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.

Left engine fire en route. Shut down and landed. NR6 cylinder separated from case. Fuel ignited by exhaust.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FIRE EN ROUTE. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED. NR6 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM CASE. FUEL IGNITED BY EXHAUST.

Other reports on N22WE · 1

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