# Incident 19950427025299I: Cessna 421C, Alturas, CA, April 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1995, 17:00 local time
- Place: Alturas, CA
- Airport: Alturas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXMA
- Location: 41.4829° N, 120.5654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALTURAS MUNI (AAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4829&lon=-120.5654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31CU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31CU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 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/19950427025299I

## Narrative

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

INFLIGHT FIRE LEFT ENGINE. USED BOTTLES. LANDED SAFE. EVACUATED. FIRE PUT OUT. HOSE RUPTURED IN TURBOCHARGER AREA.

## Other reports on N31CU (1)

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

- [Incident 19930201006069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930201006069I), Feb 1, 1993: Cessna 421C (N31CU), Chester, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft on takeoff roll. Veered right and wing hit la snowbank.

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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