Narrative:

Upon take off the aircraft yawed to the right. All engines gauges were in the green but the right engine cht indicated zero. There was a strong smell of burning material inside the aircraft because the right engine was on fire. I secured the engine and landed without further damage. I cannot offer any solution on preventing this mechanical failure to re-happen. The aircraft was just out of its annual and a thorough pre-flight was made before this flight.upon inspection by mechanic; the intake manifold was found to have a two foot hole and mechanical damage. Hence the combustive mixture was pouring onto the cylinders resulting in a fire.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a C414 returned to his departure airport after the right engine failed and caught fire on takeoff.

Narrative: Upon take off the aircraft yawed to the right. All engines gauges were in the green but the right engine CHT indicated ZERO. There was a strong smell of burning material inside the aircraft because the right engine was on fire. I secured the engine and landed without further damage. I cannot offer any solution on preventing this mechanical failure to re-happen. The aircraft was just out of its annual and a thorough pre-flight was made before this flight.Upon inspection by mechanic; the intake manifold was found to have a two foot hole and mechanical damage. Hence the combustive mixture was pouring onto the cylinders resulting in a fire.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.