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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · New Cumberland, PA · March 21, 1983

Date
March 21, 1983 · 18:45 local
Place
New Cumberland, PA
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EREA
Aircraft
N6818H
Reported as
Cessna 414A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,380 total1,000 in this make and model92 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.

Pilot reported smoke coming from right engine. Returned. Found hole in the top of #1 cylinder piston.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED. FOUND HOLE IN THE TOP OF #1 CYLINDER PISTON.