# Incident 19801218085409I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Findlay, OH, December 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: Findlay, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0474° N, 83.6381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Findlay, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0474&lon=-83.6381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4624N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4624N-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801218085409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT  SHUT DOWN LEFT ENGINE. NR 5 CYLINDER ROD HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N4624N (1)

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

- [Accident 19851227074959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851227074959A), Dec 27, 1985: Cessna 402B (N4624N), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. Ice fouling air filters caused power loss on both engines after liftoff. Landed gear up, slid off end of runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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