- Date
- July 12, 1983, 18:55 local (Jul 13, 1983, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Point Mugu, CA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N827AAConvair 440
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712073969I
- Case key
- 23592
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
An engine fire erupted during the climb to cruise. Following an emergency landing it was determined that there was a loose primer line fitting at the carburetor in the area of the greatest fire damage.
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.
Fire
Fuel system,primer system - looseCause
Emergency procedure - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N827AA
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 490
- Airframe hours
- 14,914
- Engine
- P&W R-2800-CB16, 2,500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Flight Trails D/B/A Air Resort
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 20, 1983 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,200 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.