# Incident 19981230044639I: Cessna 195A, Chino, CA, December 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1998, 12:14 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9871A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9871A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,531 total, 2 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981230044639I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE AIRPORT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 1000 FEET,THE PILOT STARTED A RIGHT CROSSWIND TURM. AFTER ROLLOUT ON CROSSWIND, LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT WITH ALL COCKPIT INDICATIONS NORMAL THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER STARTED DETECTING A BURNING ORDER. IMMEDIATE CHECK OF BOTH CIRCUIT BRADKER PANELS REVEALED NO POPPED BREAKERS. WITHIN SECONDS THE PILOT NOTICED THE LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE, CONTACTED CHINO TOWER, THAT HE WAS DECLARING EMERGENCY AND RETURNING FOR LANDING. THE PILOT NOW NOTICED THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, FIRE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING WIND BLOWN FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SMOKE STARTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE COCKPIT. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF FUEL TO THE ENGINE, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, ADN DISCONNECTED ALL ELECTRICAL. WITH THE FIRE CONTINUING TO BURN, FORWARD VISIBILITY DETERIORATING RAPIDLY AND HAVING TO DEAD STICK THE AIRCRAFT,THE PILOT MANAGED A SUCCESSFULL LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE HAD NO INDICATION OF ALTITUDE,AIRSPEED OR VERTICAL SPEED. THE PILOT STATED THAT ONCE ON THE GROUND, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP HE AND HIS PASSENGER MADE A QUICK CHECK OF EVERYTHING AND IMNEXITED THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT WENT AROUND TO THE LEFT FRONT SIDE AND FOUND THAT THE FIRE HAD MELTED A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL, WHICH ALLOWED THE FLAMES AND SEVERE HEAT TO ENTER IN BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ALL WIRING, PLUMBING, INSTRUMENTS AND THE WINDSCREEN. THE LEFT UPPER CORNER OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL, ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND ENGINE INNER COWLING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT INTERIOR SUSTAINED SMOKE DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N9871A (1)

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

- [Incident 19860115003309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860115003309I), Jan 15, 1986: Cessna 195A (N9871A), Santa Ana, CA, Destroyed. Engine backfired during start, fuel in carburetor ignited. Unable to extinguish before interior was gutted.

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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