42.2158° N, 121.7758° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 10, 1978 · 17:00 local
Place
Klamath Falls, OR
Airport
Kingsley
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N7055G
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520L
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine shutdown due to loss of oil pressure, found oil pressure relief valve had fallen out.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, FOUND OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE HAD FALLEN OUT.