# Accident 20140913016319A: Stephen Lorentzen LANCAIR LEGACY, Reno, NV, September 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6681° N, 119.8764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6681&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N368W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N368W-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stephen Lorentzen LANCAIR LEGACY (registry code 0563144, https://openairdocs.org/model/stephen-lorentzen-lancair-legacy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEPHEN LORENTZEN LANCAIR LEGACY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-N (C) TSIO550X
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA394) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140913016319A

## Narrative

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

INFLIGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COMBINED WITH A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  A MAYDAY WAS DECLARED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXCHANGED HIS AIRSPEED FOR ALTITUDE, HOWEVER AS HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TOO MUCH ALTITUDE.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 14.

NOTE:  THE FLAPS WERE SPEED TAPED IN THE "UP" POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA394), Sep 13, 2014: Lorentzen Lancair Legacy (N368W), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The shearing of mounting bolts that attached the right turbocharger to its mounting bracket during an air race, which resulted in hot exhaust gases leaking into the engine compartment and starting a…

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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