- Date
- January 5, 1982, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5782NRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72187
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot advised approach control that he smelled smoke and had erratic engine instrument readings when 20 miles from destination. The gear was extended and three green lights observed but shortly afterwards the warning light and horn activated. During the landing the gear remained extended and the pilot taxied to the ramp with the warning systems stillactivated. Inspection revealed that the left muffler was broken at the forward end at the exhaust riser attach point. Three wire bundles leading to the firewall were melted. The muffler flame tube had been replaced and the muffler reinstalled approx 37 operational hours prior to the incident. The flame tube was rubbing vertically across the failed area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5782N
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14362
- Airframe hours
- 706
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4B5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell Clemons
- Registered owner
- Russell Clemons
- Departed
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Destination
- PNS · Pensalola, FL
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 46 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day