- Date
- July 17, 1991, 13:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N768RACessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910717027709A
- Case key
- 18113
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Probable cause
A fractured fuel line and an improperly performed annual inspection.
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 left engine caught fire as the pilot braked during landing rollout. A fatigue fracture was found in the wing locker fuel tank sump drain line, allowing fuel to fall on the metal impregnated brake shoe. The airplane had recently undergone an annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N768RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0042
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-52O-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Abrams, Stanley E., doing business as Classics
- Registered owner
- Abrams, Stanley E.
- Airport
- COS · Colorado Springs Municipa, runway 17, 11,021 × 150 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
- 69
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.