# Incident 19831123072499I: Cessna 411, Fresno, CA, November 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1983, 17:39 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Termin
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323BE-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831123072499I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE FEATHERED AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. FOUND SEAL BLOWN OUT AT END OF FEATHERING ACCUMULATOR. LOST OIL PRESSURE

## Other reports on N323BE (1)

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

- [Accident 19840921053099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840921053099A), Sep 21, 1984: Cessna 411 (N323BE), Dolan Springs, AZ, Substantial damage. Nose gear went into area of soft sand on runway. Gear collapsed. Sand had been used to fill holes caused by rains.

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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