# Incident 19810121006259I: Cessna 411A, Detroit, MI, January 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1981, 23:34 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EADA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444EA-1991-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411A (registry code 2075904, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411A
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 550 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/19810121006259I

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH LOST OIL PRESSURE ON LEFT ENGINE. FEATHERED ENGINE AND LANDED. FOUND EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER FAILURE

## Other reports on N444EA (4)

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

- [Accident 19890425063039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890425063039A), Apr 25, 1989: Cessna 411A (N444EA), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed while turning off runway from landing. Attach bolt had failed in overload.
- [Incident 19890406021289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890406021289I), Apr 6, 1989: Cessna 411 (N444EA), Detroit, MI. Unable to retract gear after practice manual extension. Landed without incident. No further details.
- [Incident 19850507023069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850507023069I), May 7, 1985: Cessna 411A (N444EA), Rochester, NY. No nose gear light after extending gear for landing. Safe landing after tower flyby. Broken wire to indicator.
- [Incident 19810107001169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810107001169I), Jan 7, 1981: Cessna 411A (N444EA), Detroit, MI. Left throttle control froze in cruise. Throttle control PN50000097 iced up. Feathered prop and landed ok.

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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