- Date
- July 12, 1993, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37167Cessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930712028139A
- Case key
- 8788
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Probable cause
The failure of a number three engine cylinder hold down bolt due to fatigue.
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
While in cruise flight, the airplane's number two engine failed and caught fire. The pilot put the airplane in a dive and extinguished the fire. The flight diverted to the nearest airport and landed without further incident. Examination of the airplane revealed that the fire had burned through the engine cowling and damaged the right wing spar. Examination of the engine revealed that the number three cylinder had separated from the crankcase and the associated fuel injector line was disconnected from its fitting. Metallurgical examinations of the number three cylinder components revealed that the number three cylinder hold down bolts failed due to fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37167
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4040129
- Airframe hours
- 8,091
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-M, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bowman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Jat Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1993 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- SMD · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Destination
- GVL · Gainesville, GA
- 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total · 300 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.