- Date
- November 25, 1983, 20:30 local (Nov 26, 1983, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3824RBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125060259A
- Case key
- 24113
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Fire erupted in the eng compartment during the eng run-up. Investigaiton revealed that 7 of the 8 nuts securing the exhaust manifold to the cylinders were missing. The only nut present was loose but retained the #1 cyl exhaust tube. The #2 cyl exhaust tube, though not secured, was in place. The #3 & #4 cyl exhaust tubes were unrestrained & had droppeddown, allowing exhaust gases to escape. Heat damage along the left side of the eng was much worse that on the right side, & the fuel pump fuel line was burned enough to allow fuel under pressure to escape into the eng compartment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3824R
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC 741
- Airframe hours
- 876
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- California Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptance Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 16, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,116 total · 21 in this make and model · 4,770 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- MRY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.