- Date
- November 10, 1982, 23:35 local (Nov 11, 1982, 04:35 UTC)
- Place
- Greenboro, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4814CConvair 340
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821110071029I
- Case key
- 70897
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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
The pilot stated that while at cruise at 4000 feet that there was a sharp jolt in the airframe and on further investigation discovered that the left engine was on fire. The propeller stopped turning shortly thereafter. Immediately the pilot pulled the firewall shutoff valve and completed the emergency checklist. The flight continued to its intended destination and landed unevenfully. Ground examination of the aircraft revealed that the engine forward bank master rod had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4814C
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 107
- Airframe hours
- 47,604
- Engine
- P & W R-2800-CB16, 2,300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 125
- Operator
- Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp.
- Registered owner
- Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp.
- Departed
- Baltimore, MD
- Destination
- Greensboro, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 1,300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °F
- Observed at
- GSO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.