# Incident 19990521014439I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Geneva, AL, May 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Geneva, AL
- Airport: Geneva Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0526° N, 85.8689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENEVA MUNI (33J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0526&lon=-85.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4016Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4016Q-2011-04-22) (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 TSIO520*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521014439I

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT INTO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PROP WAS FEATHERED AND A FISRE STARTED IN THE RIGHT NACELL. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN.THE PROP GOVERNOR OIL LINE BLEW AND OIL SPRAYED ON CYCLINDERS AND TURBOCHARGER AND EXHAUST. A FIRE STARTED AND BURNED ELECTRICAL WIRING, ENGINE MOUNT, CASE AND SUMP. M&D REPORT REQUESTED FROM THE OPERATOR.

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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