# Incident 19960824035149I: Cessna 310J, San Diego, CA, August 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1996, 20:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3092L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3092L-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824035149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 8/24/96 HE DEPARTED MONTGOMERY FIELD (MYF), SAN DIEGO, CA AND FLEW TO RAMONA (L39), CA. AFTER MAKING SEVERAL FULL STOP LANDINGS AT L39 THE PILOT FLEW BACK TO MYF. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL AFTER TURNING OFF RWY 28R. THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND UPON AN ATTEMPTED RESTART A FIRE ERRUPTED IN THE AFT ENGINE NACELLE. PERSONNEL FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH C02 BOTTLES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BURNT HOSES, WIRES,AND BLISTERED PAINT. THE PILOT AND HIS SOLE PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION DID NOT ASCERTAIN WHAT COMPONENT WAS THE INITIAL IGNITION SOURCE DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC.

## Other reports on N3092L (1)

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

- [Accident 19780224002119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780224002119A), Feb 24, 1978: Cessna 310J (N3092L), Lititz, PA, Substantial 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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