# Accident 19960515010679A: Cessna 320A, Provo, UT, May 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1996, 08:24 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600JR-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320A (registry code 2074506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO470B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,253 total, 4 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960515010679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE FIRE. CRASHED INTO A LAKE. DETERIORATED EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILED. FUEL LEAK PRIOR FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA094), May 15, 1996: Cessna 320A (N600JR), Provo, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A fuel leak most probably ignited by hot exhaust gases from the leaking right engine manifold exhaust system, the decision by the pilots to operate the aircraft with knowledge of the fuel leak, and…

## Other reports on N600JR (1)

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

- [Accident 19820421010709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820421010709A), Apr 21, 1982: Cessna 320A (N600JR), Paintsville, KY, Substantial damage. Dropped out on leveloff for landing in gusty crosswind. Level impact with runway bent wing spars. Other damage.

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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