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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · March 10, 2012

Date
March 10, 2012 · 17:57 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N414AF
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
1,600 total429 in this make and model25 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.

On March 10 2012 at 1757 shortly after take off the pilot noticed sparks coming from the right engine. The pilot shut the engine down and landed safely back at fxe. The pilot noticed a small amount of paper and tape near the exhaust pipe that had smoldered and given off sparks. The tape and paper were left over from a recent paint job. The aircraft had no damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 10 2012 AT 1757 SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY BACK AT FXE. THE PILOT NOTICED A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAPER AND TAPE NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE THAT HAD SMOLDERED AND GIVEN OFF SPARKS. THE TAPE AND PAPER WERE LEFT OVER FROM A RECENT PAINT JOB. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE.