# Incident 19780112002709I: Cessna 421C, El Paso, TX, January 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1978, 08:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87541, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87541) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780112002709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE FEATHERED. FOUND BROKEN QUILL SHAFT AND BURNED PISTON.

## Other reports on N87541 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000804025719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000804025719I), Aug 4, 2000: Cessna 421C (N87541), Concord, CA, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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