Cessna 421C N6868D

Summary

On 7 September 1982 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N6868D, operated by R. Harris Russo, was involved in an incident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 September 1982 at 19:15

Classification

Incident

Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.6298, -90.1907

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N6868D

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

R. Harris Russo

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kalamazoo → Wichita

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82IA169

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT REPORTED, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS NEAR ST. LOUIS AND THE PROPELLER DE-ICE SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED. WHEN DE-ICE SYSTEM WAS TURNED ON, FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PILOT'S INSTUMENT PANEL WHERE THE DE-ICE AMMETER IS LOCATED. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE PROPELLER DE-ICE SWITCH AND THE FLAMES STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER DE-ICE AMMETER REVEALED THAT IT WAS SHORTED TO THE INSTUMENT PANEL. THE AMMETER HAD BEEN MOVED TO THIS LOCATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.