19951111044339I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Rockford, IL · November 11, 1995

Date: November 11, 1995 · 18:00 local
Place: Rockford, IL
Airport: Greater Rockford
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N414CA
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 930 total

N414CARegistered now · Cessna 414AS/N 414A0479 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 414A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: on take off roll the right seat occupant noticed fire on right front fuselage pilot aborted take off, there was no damage to aircraft and no injuries, & no fire damage other than sooty deposit around heater exhaust. Mechanic involved after incident occurred noticed a sooty deposit around the heater exhaust vent. After further investigation the mechanic found that the combustion air blower was inop. & the combustion air switch was stuck in the closed position. Both items were r & r'd an ops. Checked good. The aircraft has flown 15 hrs. Since repairs with no problems.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF ROLL THE RIGHT SEAT OCCUPANT NOTICED FIRE ON RIGHT FRONT FUSELAGE PILOT ABORTED TAKE OFF, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES, & NO FIRE DAMAGE OTHER THAN SOOTY DEPOSIT AROUND HEATER EXHAUST. MECHANIC INVOLVED AFTER INCIDENT OCCURRED NOTICED A SOOTY DEPOSIT AROUND THE HEATER EXHAUST VENT. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE COMBUSTION AIR BLOWER WAS INOP. & THE COMBUSTION AIR SWITCH WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. BOTH ITEMS WERE R & R'D AN OPS. CHECKED GOOD. THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN 15 HRS. SINCE REPAIRS WITH NO PROBLEMS.