# Incident 19980921032659I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Red Bluff, CA, September 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Red Bluff, CA
- Airport: Red Bluff Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1503° N, 122.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED BLUFF MUNI (RBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1503&lon=-122.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921032659I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR, ENGINE QUIT. ATTEMPT AT RESTART RESULTED IN FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE. FIRE ENGULFED ENGINE AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO ENGINE/COWLING AND POSSIBLE WING STRUCTURE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N340PT (1)

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

- [Incident 19960518037419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518037419I), May 18, 1996: Cessna 340A (N340PT), Placerville, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: one main landing gear leg collapsed on landing. (Left).

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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