28.9732° N, 95.8635° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BAY CITY RGNL (BYY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 24, 2011 · 14:25 local
Place
Bay City, TX
Airport
Bay City Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N750FA
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,430 total50 in this make and model60 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.
The airplane was just out of annual. The pilot was going for local currency flight and after takeoff the pilot smelled smoke and felt yaw to the right. Pilot asked passenger to look at right engine. Passenger saw fire and smoke. Pilot shut engine down and returned to an uneventful landing.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRPLANE WAS JUST OUT OF ANNUAL. THE PILOT WAS GOING FOR LOCAL CURRENCY FLIGHT AND AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SMELLED SMOKE AND FELT YAW TO THE RIGHT. PILOT ASKED PASSENGER TO LOOK AT RIGHT ENGINE. PASSENGER SAW FIRE AND SMOKE. PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND RETURNED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.