# Incident 19830510032169I: Cessna 421, West Mifflin, PA, May 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1983, 11:55 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2660U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2660U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 21 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510032169I

## Narrative

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

OIL STREAMING OUT OF COWLING ON LEFT ENGINE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. FOUND A DEFECTIVE AND LEAKING OIL FILTER. REPLACED.

## Other reports on N2660U (1)

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

- [Incident 19860223007869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860223007869I), Feb 23, 1986: Cessna 421C (N2660U), Forty Fort, PA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed hard and damaged right landing gear strut.

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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