ATL82IA029 · Rockwell 114
Rockwell 114 · Incident: airframe, component or system failure en route
From Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)
Event
- NTSB case
- ATL82IA029
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Incident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Rockwell 114
- Aircraft type
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N5782N
- Operator
- Russell Clemons
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, ALTo Pensacola International Airport (PNS), PENSALOLA, FL
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- En route · cruise
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Airframe, component or system failure
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Minor
Cause areas
- Exhaust system, baffle › Chafed
- Exhaust system, muffler › Cracked
- Other maintenance personnel › Maintenance, overhaul, improper
Approximate · Estimated position: the centre of Pensacola, FL, the place the record names. Not the accident site.
NTSB narrative
PILOT ADVISED APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE SMELLED SMOKE AND HAD ERRATIC ENGINE INSTRUMENT READINGS WHEN 20 MILES FROM DESTINATION. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS OBSERVED BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE WARNING LIGHT AND HORN ACTIVATED. DURING THE LANDING THE GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED AND THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH THE WARNING SYSTEMS STILLACTIVATED. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MUFFLER WAS BROKEN AT THE FORWARD END AT THE EXHAUST RISER ATTACH POINT. THREE WIRE BUNDLES LEADING TO THE FIREWALL WERE MELTED. THE MUFFLER FLAME TUBE HAD BEEN REPLACED AND THE MUFFLER REINSTALLED APPROX 37 OPERATIONAL HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FLAME TUBE WAS RUBBING VERTICALLY ACROSS THE FAILED AREA.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record ATL82IA029
- Event ID
- 20020917X01764
- Case number
- ATL82IA029
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: d4aac7733d5318028537e3b796b0a6433daa2d0dbd6e5d6989c776d51891c512; retrieved 2026-09-24T03:48:53.973Z.