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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 401 · Sacramento, CA · March 10, 1979

Date
March 10, 1979 · 13:10 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N988JM
Reported as
Cessna 401
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total25 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.

Left engine failed on takeoff. Inspection revealed broken crankshaft and #3 rod bolts, rod separated from shaft.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. INSPECTION REVEALED BROKEN CRANKSHAFT AND #3 ROD BOLTS, ROD SEPARATED FROM SHAFT.

Other reports on N988JM · 1

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