ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380439
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Date: | Friday 25 November 1983 |
Time: | 21:30 LT |
Type: | Beechcraft C24R |
Owner/operator: | California Aviation Services |
Registration: | N3824R |
MSN: | MC 741 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Total airframe hrs: | 876 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Monterey, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX84LA093 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX84LA093
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Apr-2024 16:34 |
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