39.6380° N, 77.7233° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 14, 1981 · 17:12 local
Place
Hagerstown, MD
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N73DC
Reported as
Cessna 414A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total80 in this make and model90 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.
During climb lost power in right engine. Feathered engine and landed. Found broken con rod and cylinder number 5.
As the FAA filed it
DURING CLIMB LOST POWER IN RIGHT ENGINE.FEATHERED ENGINE AND LANDED. FOUND BROKEN CON ROD AND CYLINDER NUMBER 5.