# Incident 19960129007039I: Cessna 501, Monterey, CA, January 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1996, 12:48 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88MM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960129007039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 29, 1996, AT 12:48 PST, A CESSNA CITATION-501, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MC MAHANS FURNITURE CO. OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WAS INVOLVED IN A DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY DURING A BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, TO MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO KNOWN DAMAGE AND LANDED AT MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND CO-PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT DURING THIS FLIGHT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SECOND IN COMMAND REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS THEY FELT THEIR IDENTITY WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT RECORD AND WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THEIR PENDING AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND DID STATE THAT DURING THEIR FLIGHT, AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN MINUTES FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW PERFORMED AN ENGINE FIRE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURE. ONE FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED WITH NO EFFECT ON THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT. 30 SECONDS LATER THE SECOND FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED BUT THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT STAYED ILUMINATED. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO MONTEREY APPROACH CONTROL (TRACON). THE MONTEREY AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE RUNWAY 28L AND A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE CESSNA CITATION WAS CONDUCTED AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY. NO FLAMES OR SMOKE NEAR THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS REPORTED. A MECHANIC CHECKED THE ENGINE AFTER THE CREW PARKED AND PERFORMED THE SHUTDOWN AND FOUND A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH A "FIRE LOOP" WIRE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE WHEN IN FACT NO FIRE WAS PRESENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED FURTHER THAT THE OWNER WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR MECHANIC TO TRAVEL TO MONTEREY TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT IS CLOSED. NO 8020-11 GENERATED.

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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