# Incident 19831025068459I: Cessna 421, Richmond, VA, October 25, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1983, 22:00 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Byrd International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37391 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831025068459I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. FEATHERED IT AND RETURNED. CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHT HAD SEPARATED.

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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