- Date
- November 6, 1987, 17:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mobile, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6250QCessna 401A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871106069289A
- Case key
- 7672
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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 plt related that he was climbing through 4,300 ft when he lost the left turbocharger. He then noted sparks and then fire from the engine. He shut off the fuel, waited for the fire to go out and feathered the propeller. The flt was continued to montgomery, AL where the acft was based and a no flap landing was executed. No further problems were encountered. Inspection revealed that the coupling from the exhaust to the waste gate had failed allowing exhaust gases to escape into the engine cowling. Acft damage included engine mount beams and the wing spar through the engine nacelle. AD 75-23-08 R5 does not apply to the fractured component.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6250Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-A-0050
- Airframe hours
- 4,730
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Montgomery Air Service
- Registered owner
- C. O. Williams, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1987 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- BFM · Mobile, AL
- Destination
- MGM · Montgomery, AL
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
- 68
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,922 total · 13 in this make and model · 26,922 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.