38.6576° N, 77.7169° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Casanova, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 1978 · 10:01 local
Place
Casanova, VA
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5398J
Reported as
Cessna 421
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total150 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.
Improper shutdown procedure and restart csused rough running engine.
As the FAA filed it
IMPROPER SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE AND RESTART CSUSED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.