- Date
- February 10, 1982, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jessup, GA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8299FCessna 401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820210005089A
- Case key
- 71198
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After reaching a cruise altitude of 9500 feet the pilot noticed smoke coming out of the left engine cowling. He then proceeded to reduce the left throttle but was unable to move the lever. According to the pilot the fire was extinguished when the left fuel selector was turned off but relit about 3 minutes later. During the emergency descent that followed all electrical power was lost and the copilot was instructed to crank down the landing gear. During landing roll the left gear collapsed as the wing continued to burn. Engine examination revealed that the fuel pressure return line located on the firewall was finger tight. The other fitting was secure and the maintenance manual call for 30-40 inch-pounds of torque on that fitting. The pilot did not follow approved emergency procedures for an inflight wing or engine fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8299F
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0246
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Spirit Of The South
- Registered owner
- Spirit Of The South
- Departed
- Valdosta, GA
- Destination
- Savannah, GA
- Airport
- Wayne County, runway 28, 3,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11,104 total · 222 in this make and model · 9,009 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8299F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.