# Incident 19810308028319I: Cessna 421B, Montrose, CO, March 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1981, 23:30 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Airport: Montrose
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.5098° N, 107.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTROSE RGNL (MTJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5098&lon=-107.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 246 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/19810308028319I

## Narrative

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

ZA RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF, RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER PISTON BROKEN.

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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