# Incident 19920814037489I: Cvac STC240T, Las Cruces, NM, August 14, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1992, 08:45 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94279, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94279-2003-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 600-240D (registry code 2422660, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC240T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920814037489I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING ON RIGHT ENGINE. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND LARGE HOLE IN COMPRESSOR CASE.

## Other reports on N94279 (2)

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

- [Incident 19820224005019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820224005019I), Feb 24, 1982: Cvac STC240T (N94279), Chicago, IL. Slid off icy turn around pad on taxi for takeoff. Freezing rain earlier. Pad not deiced.
- [Incident 19810725056789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725056789I), Jul 25, 1981: Cvac STC240T (N94279), Ottumva, IA, Minor damage. Found a fire in the left engine damage confined to the engine compartment.

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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