# Incident 19821121066309I: Cessna 421A, Houston, TX, November 21, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1982, 09:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Lakeside
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 15 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821121066309I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. INTAKE VALVE ON #5 CYLINDER BROKE.

## Other reports on N100JL (1)

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

- [Incident 19930401011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930401011889I), Apr 1, 1993: Cessna 421B (N100JL), Lufkin, TX. Aircraft started a pitch oscillation on descent. Landed safely. Found left elevator middle hinge bolt missing.

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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