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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Kennesaw, GA · February 11, 2008

Date: February 11, 2008 · 15:30 local
Place: Kennesaw, GA
Airport: Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1230P
Reported as: Cessna 340A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total460 in this make and model72 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot indicated that he noticed a reduction in power from the left engine approximately 75 miles out for kryy. Left engine started to sputter on short final. Flames were detected as a/c flared on approach to land. A/c landed safely, engine was shut down and the fire was extinguished by fire and rescue personnel on the runway. Aircraft was towed to northside aviation, inc. no damage aft of the left engine fire wall was detected upon inspection. Investigation of engine indicated numerous holes caused by internal component degradation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT INDICATED THAT HE NOTICED A REDUCTION IN POWER FROM THE LEFT ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES OUT FOR KRYY. LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER ON SHORT FINAL. FLAMES WERE DETECTED AS A/C FLARED ON APPROACH TO LAND. A/C LANDED SAFELY, ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO NORTHSIDE AVIATION, INC. NO DAMAGE AFT OF THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WALL WAS DETECTED UPON INSPECTION. INVESTIGATION OF ENGINE INDICATED NUMEROUS HOLES CAUSED BY INTERNAL COMPONENT DEGRADATION.