# Incident 19780215006669I: Cessna 421B, Lititz, PA, February 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1978, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5451J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5451J-2006-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 900 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/19780215006669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTICED ENGINE COWL WET WITH WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE FUEL. FUEL FLOW TOO HIGH. FUEL NOZZLES LEAKING.

## Other reports on N5451J (2)

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

- [Incident 19841216072879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841216072879I), Dec 16, 1984: Cessna 421B (N5451J), Plainville, CT, Minor damage. Struck birds shortly after liftoff. Returned for landing. Damage to windshield and nose cone.
- [Incident 19780113002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780113002909I), Jan 13, 1978: Cessna 421B (N5451J), State College, PA. Flight returned after engine quit. Found contamination in fuel pump.

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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