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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Hobbs, NM · May 12, 1978

Date
May 12, 1978
Place
Hobbs, NM
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N81PN
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total2,600 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 shut down in flight after power loss. Found broken rocker shaft bolts.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT AFTER POWER LOSS. FOUND BROKEN ROCKER SHAFT BOLTS.

Other reports on N81PN · 2

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