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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · South Bend, IN · December 12, 1991

Date
December 12, 1991 · 11:40 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N44SW
Reported as
Cessna 414A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,100 total1,300 in this make and model130 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.

Fire in left engine in flight. Shut engine down. Landed safely. Exhaust slip joint of left engine had separated.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE IN FLIGHT. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. EXHAUST SLIP JOINT OF LEFT ENGINE HAD SEPARATED.