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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Port Columbus, OH · September 22, 1978

Date
September 22, 1978 · 11:30 local
Place
Port Columbus, OH
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N360TT
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total650 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.

Complete electrical failue at FL190. Landed uneventfully. Starter relay had shorted.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILUE AT FL190. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. STARTER RELAY HAD SHORTED.