44.1246° N, 123.2120° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 20, 1984 · 09:38 local
Place
Eugene, OR
Airport
Mahlon Sweet
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1261G
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model40 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.
Left engine lost power and feathered. Forward end of camshaft had separated disabling the propeller governor.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND FEATHERED. FORWARD END OF CAMSHAFT HAD SEPARATED DISABLING THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR.