- Date
- April 16, 1981
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5637CCessna 414
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810416069939I
- Case key
- 124837
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0039 81/4/16 MONTGOMERY,AL CESSNA 414 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0223 N5637C PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL JACKSON,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- HOLE ERODED IN NR 3 PISTON,GASES BLEW BY.HI TEMP BRKDWN OF LUBE.NR 2 & 5 CNCTG ROD CAPS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5637C
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N5637CRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Cessna 414AAirframe modelCessna 414AEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5637C · 1
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